If you missed our September intake, we have a range of business, computing and education courses currently open for applications for classes starting in early 2026. Contact our Admissions Team if you have any questions about studying at NCI. Phone: 1850 221 721 Email: admissions@ncirl.ie
If you missed our September intake, we have a range of business, computing and education courses currently open for applications for classes starting in early 2026. Contact our Admissions Team if you have any questions about studying at NCI.
Phone: 1850 221 721
Email: admissions@ncirl.ie
NCI is the country’s largest provider of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) graduates.
This course takes place over one academic year and is delivered by lecturers with extensive, practical experience in human resources, people and culture.
This certificate will give you the skills and knowledge needed in managing difficult employment situations at work and changing the working climate.
The Certificate covers Applied Employment Law, Talent Acquisition plus Organisational Performance & Culture.
Applications are now open for the following business courses with classes starting in January 2026.
This full-time course is aimed at anyone following a career path which requires them to step into middle to top management positions in an internationally focused business environment.
Combined with CIPD, this full-time course is geared towards people wishing to continue or progress in their professional development in HR.
This full-time course has been developed to satisfy the demand for courses which combine a strong theoretical foundation with a firm focus on practical application.
This course is aimed at individuals seeking to develop an entrepreneurial mindset with a view to starting their own business or nurturing this approach within an existing organisational structure.
This course will provide graduates with the techniques and applied knowledge necessary to select, analyse and utilise advanced financial concepts within the setting of investment management and capital markets.
This programme is aimed at improving specific, managerial and leadership competencies for managers and executives within the non-profit sector in Ireland and internationally.
This 5 week, microcredential programme will allow students to learn more about neurodiversity in the workplace of today and how an organisation can harness the many benefits of this approach.
We are offering a variety of computing courses at NCI in January 2026, in areas such as AI, Cybersecurity and Data Analytics.
This course aims to produce high-quality, technically competent, innovative graduates that will become leading practitioners in the field of artificial intelligence.
This programme aims to produce high-quality, competent, innovative graduates that will become leading strategists in the field of AI.
The aim of this programme is to provide learners with essential expert technical knowledge, competence and skills of the most important technical concepts of cybersecurity.
This course is ideal for ICT professionals or graduates with an honours degree in computing or in a cognate area (STEM) who wish to develop a career as a cybersecurity professional.
Upon completion of this course, graduates will be able to demonstrate expert knowledge of data analysis, statistics, and the tools, techniques and technologies of data analytics utilised in both technical and business contexts.
This computing course aims to produce high-quality, technically competent, innovative graduates that will become leading practitioners in the field of data analytics.
Given the potential growth in this area the course is ideal for graduates that are looking to progress into the emerging open data and wider data analytics market to increase their employment potential.
Students of this programme will gain experience with the latest ethical design principles, models, and technologies via our state-of-the-art Cloud Competency Centre.
This course aims to produce technically competent, innovative graduates that will become leading practitioners in the field of data analytics.
This 12 week online programme is ideal for non-technical individuals who want to gain a good understanding of the latest technologies.
The majority of this programme will be delivered online. Click here to learn more about the delivery of this course.
Take your cybersecurity knowledge to the next level with a postgraduate diploma in this field from NCI.
Microcredentials are short, sharp, programmes that give you an in-depth understanding of a key skill area in a focused way. They are drawn from our postgraduate programmes so should you decide to progress to a full award you will get credit for this module.
Over the course of this 12-week learning programme, students will experience strategies to support virtual parent-child engagement; trauma informed practice, and parents to support their children’s holistic learning and development.
Over the course of this 12-week programme, students will develop knowledge, skills, and values, through the study of key topics incorporated throughout the programme, including leadership theories and concepts, sociocultural theory and national early childhood frameworks and policy.
All organisations have access to a wide variety and depth of data. This short programme will guide students to shape and use this data to make more informed management decisions.
If you are an international student interested in transitioning to a career in tech, a Higher Diploma can help you gain a relevant qualification in just one year. To view the full range of Masters programmes available to international students in January, please visit NCI January Intake.
This course will teach you the computing fundamentals, complemented with detailed knowledge, problem-solving and specialised technical skills required for designing, developing and deploying software.
The overall goal of this programme is to provide graduates with essential research and development skills in Data Analytics.
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