DCU's Executive MBA equips you with leadership, innovation, and strategy skills to thrive in a fast-changing business world. This two-year, part-time program blends face-to-face and online learning, with Thursday lectures and Saturday sessions. Gain the tools to succeed as a confident, future-ready business leader.

Master of Architecture In 2011, the UCD School of Architecture, Planning & Environmental Policy celebrated its centenary. The School has long led the way in architectural study and practice in Ireland. Its undergraduate, graduate, and research programs cover all aspects of the practice of architecture and landscape architecture, as well as advanced areas of conservation, sustainability, urbanism, and history and theory.

In an age where disinformation abounds, GCAS is pleased to offer an advanced degree in philosophy, accredited by the European Union. Your research will be supported by some of the world’s leading thinkers. Our MA in philosophy exposes students to a history of philosophy, continental philosophy, philosophical theology, and psychoanalysis.

The GCAS MBA is tailored for individuals who aspire to lead and innovate within the fast-paced, technology-driven business landscape. This accredited online program empowers future leaders to navigate and drive change with confidence. Our dynamic curriculum equips students to master advancements in technology, navigate AI transitions, consider business ethics and sustainability, while fostering entrepreneurial skills. By emphasizing critical thinking, we prepare students to challenge conventional paradigms, solve complex problems, and create impactful, innovative business solutions.

The MSc Agricultural Extension and Innovation is a one-year full-time or two-year part-time programme based in UCD and is focused on meeting the needs of those who are interested in developing careers in advisory, consultancy or education services in the public, private or non-governmental sector. This MSc will equip graduates with the skills and knowledge to understand more about the processes of learning that underpin change and development and to be effective in building the capacity of farmers to adopt new practices and technologies.

Public policymaking has become more challenging in recent years in the context of the increasing complexity of clients’ needs, growing expectations regarding appropriate service quality, and diminishing public spending in many countries. The Master of Public Policy is specifically designed to provide you with the knowledge and skills to meet these challenges.

DCU's MSc in Bioprocess Engineering, delivered by academic and industry experts, offers full-time or part-time study options. You'll gain in-depth knowledge of bioprocess design, biopharmaceuticals, and monitoring technology. The course includes a week-long, hands-on module at the National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training.

The Chemical Engineering industry in Ireland is one of its strongest exporting sectors and is representative of the chemical process industries worldwide. The MEngSc in Chemical Engineering offers advanced level education for students with primary degrees in chemical engineering/technology programmes. In this programme, you will improve your conceptual and practical skills in both the fundamental and applied principles of chemical engineering practice.

This specialization seeks to generate a critical perspective on several of the structural elements of the category and system of art that are constantly overlooked by academia and philosophy. Thus, we address different aspects that are necessary to dismantle certain notions based more on superstition than on reality.

The MSc in Human Rights is a one-year intensive course that prepares you for a career in human rights research, policy, or advocacy in international organisations, governmental and non-governmental bodies, or academia. There is also a two-year part-time option.

The MA/MFA Art and Social Action is 1-year a postgraduate programme focused on trans-disciplinary practice and thinking that privileges collaborative approaches to production and creative approaches to social transformation, emphasising the capacity of art practice to imagine our world differently.

DCU’s MA in International Relations, the oldest of its kind in Ireland, offers an inclusive, multidisciplinary approach with expert faculty and a diverse student body. The programme covers international politics, human rights, trade, and security, with elective courses, small classes, and a dissertation, completed full-time in 12 months or part-time over two years.

This programme is ideal for graduates of Physics, Engineering and closely related disciplines, who want to transfer their expertise to the fast-growing global space sector. Ireland is a member of the European Space Agency (ESA) and dozens of Irish companies and researchers are involved in major international space missions. UCD is building Ireland’s first satellite, EIRSAT-1. Course highlights include a hands-on CubeSat lab, payload development and satellite systems engineering of a high-altitude balloon experiment and participation in an international mission design team project.

DCU’s MA in Translation Studies offers advanced language and translation training, leading to a postgraduate degree. As part of the prestigious European Masters in Translation (EMT) Network, it’s recognized by the European Commission. Graduates are sought after by top public institutions and multinational organizations.

The specialization prepares students for critical thinking and engagement with literary texts and scholarship related to them; to intersections and problems of philosophy and literature, intellectual history and literature, and literary theory and literary history in a philosophical context.