Springboard+ Courses
Please note below is the information on our 2020 Springboard+ offerings. Our 2021 Springboard+ course offerings will be featured here as soon as they are announced. If you have any further questions, please contact connected@dcu.ie.
Springboard+ is co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Social Fund as part of the ESF programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning 2014-2020.
Available in 2020...
Online/Blended Undergraduate & Postgraduate Qualifications
No Fees or 90% Funded Courses!
Springboard+ courses which provide the opportunity to obtain a university qualification at relatively little cost are open to all eligible applicants regardless of their employment status - namely those in employment, jobseekers, those who were formerly self-employed and returners (formerly referred to as Homemakers).
DCU has a long history and successful track-record of supporting online and distance learning students and part-time learners and is pleased to offer the following online, distance and campus part-time places at undergraduate and postgraduate levels with Springboard+ for study in 2020/21:
- Certificate in Computer Programming
- Certificate in User Experience
- Graduate Certificate in Artificial Intelligence
- Graduate Certificate in Clean Technology
- Graduate Certificate in European Law and Policy
- Graduate Certificate in Information Systems Strategy
- Graduate Certificate in Management for Sustainable Development
- Graduate Certificate in Management of Internet Enterprise Systems
- Graduate Certificate in Management of Operations
- Graduate Certificate in Public Policy
- Graduate Certificate in the Internet of Things
- Graduate Diploma for Specialist Skills in Industrial BioPharmaceutical Analysis
- Higher Diploma in Interaction Design
- Higher Diploma in Management of Information Technology
To read more about the full listing of Springboard+ offerings from Dublin City University, please view springboardcourses.ie/
For further information on eligibility criteria for the above programmes, please view the Springboard website.
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