Graduate Diploma in Information Technology (GDF)

PAC Codes:
Graduate Entry One-Year Full-time - DC818
Graduate Entry Two-Year Part-time - DC819
Professional Entry One-Year Full-time - DC846
Professional Entry Two-Year Part-time - DC845

Both full-time and part-time, this popular skills conversion programme is open to applications from graduates of non-tech disciplines (Graduate Entry) and to non-graduates who have relevant industry experience (Professional Entry).

This programme is a practical and in-depth skills conversion course aimed at those who wish to pursue a career in IT or to up-skill and further current careers by providing excellent grounding in IT and its related discipline.

M.Sc. in Computing (MCM)

One Year Full-time/Two Years Part-time
PAC Code: DC836 (full-time) DC837 (part-time)

The M.Sc. in Computing offers a choice of Majors, designed to equip graduates with a range of cutting edge skills, which enable them to produce high quality software and systems that deliver solutions to business and the economy.

Exposed to the latest ideas and best industry practice, students gain the opportunity to hone analytical, creative and critical faculties, as well as acquire novel techniques and experience. The importance of a developed awareness of the professional responsibilities, required in the software engineering profession, is also emphasised.

One Year Full-time/Two Years Part-time
PAC Code: DC823 (full-time) DC822 (part-time)

In recent years, technologically competent criminals have been increasingly exploiting the use of new technologies in the commission of crime. The investigation of such crime has led to the emergence of a new field of specialisation termed “forensic computing”, which involves the detection, storage, analysis and exhibition of digital evidence in a legally admissible manner. DCU’s M.Sc. in Security and Forensic Computing (MSSF) equips graduates to carry out this sophisticated technical work, while also exploring effective  security methods which may be used to assist in the prevention of such crime. With excellent graduate employment prospects and major fee support for EU students, DCU was the first university in Ireland to offer an taught M.Sc. programme in this expanding area.
Now also available part-time.

One Year Full-time
PAC Code: DC821

Featuring a common core curriculum with two distinct streams: a business stream and a technical stream, this programme is designed to produce the kind of e-business technologists, managers and entrepreneurs in greatest demand by the information economy. It does this by providing students on each stream with a powerful combination of technological and business skills of relevance to electronic commerce applications. A strong collaborative ethos across the business and technical tracks is fostered through the extensive shared curriculum, interactive teaching modes and overall entrepreneurial orientation. As a result, the graduates of this programme are equipped with multi-faceted skills required to operate successfully in the exciting and dynamic industry of e-commerce.