该学位专门从事金属加工和技术的教学，旨在培养具有技术和工程技能的毕业生，以满足爱尔兰第二级学校系统在金属加工，初中周期的金属图形和技术以及相关学科教学方面的需求技术，工程，设计与通信图形学毕业证书。每个流中的材料均经过精心选择，以符合技术主题中的“毕业证书”和“初级证书”教学大纲的要求。设计元素贯穿始终，并着重于基于设计的活动和随着课程的进展而进行的独立学习。教学论是教学理论，贯穿整个课程。
UL's School of Education is the largest post-primary teacher education provider in the state and is ranked in the top 100 universities in the world for Education programmes. University of Limerick is also ranked within the top 75 universities in Europe for excellence in teaching and learning.<br>This degree with specialism in the teaching of Metalwork and Technology, is designed to produce graduates with technological and engineering skills to satisfy the needs of the Irish second level school system in relation to teaching Metalwork, Technical Graphics and Technology at Junior Cycle, and the subjects Technology, Engineering and Design & Communication Graphics at Leaving Certificate.<br>The programme is four years in duration, and is organised into streams in the following subject areas:<br>Education, Manufacturing Technology, Technical Graphics, Design, Electronics and Information Technologies, Materials and Engineering Sciences.<br>The material in each stream has been carefully selected to be relevant to the requirements of the Leaving Certificate and Junior Certificate syllabi in the Technology subjects. An element of design is incorporated throughout, with emphasis on design-based activities and independent learning as the course progresses. Pedagogy, the theory of teaching, is incorporated throughout the programme.