 St Patrick's College, Maynooth teaches the Theology modules in St Kieran's as part of the university's BA programme, and can progress to a BA Th from Maynooth (Pontifical University).Graduation ceremonies now take place in Kilkenny Castle; in earlier years they took place in Maynooth.In February 2011 it was announced that a new ICT Research centre was to be established in St Kierans, this is a partnership between Kilkenny County Council (Invest Kilkenny), Waterford Institute of Technology
(Telecommunications Software and Systems Group) and the Institute of Technology, Carlow.