Autumn Conferring
IADT wishes to congratulate the 573 students who graduated at the Autumn Conferring ceremony held on Friday 8 November in the RDS Concert Hall. Our graduates were joined by their families, friends and IADT staff to celebrate their huge achievement.
Graduates from 43 programmes over five Departments were conferred with their awards on the day. Two Honorary Fellows were awarded and 32 prizes were presented, including the IADT Student of the Year President’s Award which is an award given to the student who shows the most outstanding performance in comparison to all final-year students in IADT. Prize winners and sponsors are listed below. A big thank you to our prize sponsors for their support of IADT and their generous prizes to graduates.
Our two Honorary Fellows were Blindboy Boatclub and David Gillick. An Honorary Fellow of IADT is someone who has an outstanding record of achievement in scholarship or practice, or who has contributed to public service related to the mission and vision of IADT. More information on this is available at Honorary Fellows 2024
Prize Winners and Sponsored Prizes
| Prize | Winner |
| IADT Student of the Year President’s Award | Cameron Bowes |
| Prize | Winner | Sponsor |
| Entrepreneurship Award for the Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Entrepreneurship | Roan Faulkner | Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Local Enterprise Office |
| Entrepreneurship Award for the Bachelor of Business in Applied Entrepreneurship | Adam Leahy | Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Local Enterprise Office |
| Award of Excellence – Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Digital Marketing | Jane Mc Donnell | Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Local Enterprise Office |
| Award of Excellence – Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Arts Management | Rebecca Rahill | Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Local Enterprise Office |
| Award for Excellence in Production for Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in New Media Studies | Craig Conroy | The Irish Film Institute |
| Award for Excellence for Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in New Media Studies | Killian O’Boyle | The Irish Film Institute |
| Olivia Burke Award | Tiegan Byrne | The Burke Family |
| Mentorship Award | Hannah Jones | Pallas Projects + IADT |
| Student of the Year Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Visual Communication Design | Andrea Parra | Sooner than Later |
| Student of the Year Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Design for Stage and Screen – Costume Design | Eva Mahon | The Pavilion Theatre |
| Student of the Year Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Design for Stage and Screen – Character Makeup | Lavender Jane Gartlan | Sunaura |
| Student of the Year Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Design for Stage and Screen – Production Design | Anika O’Hagan-Ploug | The Abbey Theatre |
| Student of the Year Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Art | Eugene Mc Ateer | Fine Art Papers |
| Student of the Year Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in 3D Design, Modelmaking & Digital Art | Garrett Kavanagh | K&M Evans Art Supplies |
| Director of the Year Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Film + TV Production | Oisin Mc Keogh | The Screen Directors Guild of Ireland |
| Student of the Year Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Film + TV Production | Sophie Lynch | Vast Valley |
| Student of the Year Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Photography | Roisin Lambert | Conns Cameras |
| Student of the Year Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Animation | Isabella Quinn | Windmill Lane Pictures |
In addition, the following prizes were awarded by IADT:
| Prize | Winner |
| Thesis Award for Academic Excellence | Andrea Parra |
| Student of the Year Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Creative Computing | Kittitat Bamrung |
| Student of the Year Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Applied Psychology | Orla Reynolds |
| Student of the Year Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Creative Music Production | Mark Butler |
| Student of the Year Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Interaction + User Experience Design | Kacper Jaroszyński |
| Student of the Year Master of Science in Cyberpsychology | Etaoin Corcoran |
| Student of the Year Postgraduate Diploma in User Experience Design | Yvonne Liddy |
| Student of the Year Master of Science in User Experience Design | Jane Carroll |
| The Aileen Mac Keogh Award | Kacper Jaroszyński |
| Award of Excellence for the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English, Media + Cultural Studies | Raymond Magee |
| Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dissertation for the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English, Media + Cultural Studies | Alva White |
| Mary Ryan Memorial Award of Excellence | Jeanne Le Corre |
| Barry McIntyre Award of Excellence in Marketing | Cameron Bowes |
Our next Conferring Ceremony will be held in Spring 2025 and we look forward to celebrating next year with our graduating students. The date for the Spring Conferring will be published on this page in January 2025, along with registration details etc.