Terri Scott

Who is Terri Scott?

Professor Terri Scott is the first female President of Institute of Technology, Sligo. She is the fourth woman in history to serve as President of one of the institutes of technology in Ireland. Her academic career consists of more than two decades of work on multiple continents.

Scott is originally from Derry, Northern Ireland, where she still resides with her husband Chris. They have three children Peter, Bronagh and Claire. She was schooled at Thornhill College before progressing to the University of Ulster and Queen's University Belfast. She spent time studying economics and geography. As a postgraduate she studied informatics.

At the University of Ulster she progressed to become dean and head of the university's School of Computing and Mathematics. She has been a visiting faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and been involved with other universities around Europe and in Asia.

In 2000, the British Computer Society awarded her with “IT Professional of the Year”, the first time a woman had achieved this accolade.

Scott established the Northern Ireland Centre for Entrepreneurship, also directing it.