Welome to the UCD Adult Education Centre
Our courses cover a wide range of subjects. Click on a course type for full listings.
Open Learning: Part Time Day and Night Classes - for people who want to learn more about a subject without working toward a qualification. These are open to all.
Credit Courses - these offer the chance to study at your own pace for a Certificate by completing a series of modules. Modules are designed to include an assignment or assessment and are primarily for learners who wish to receive certification or credit. All credit modules can lead to a National University of Ireland (NUI) Certificate.
Credit modules can be studied purely for interest without undertaking the assessment component of a course. This is called Auditing a module. In addition, all students are welcome to begin a course on an audit basis and switch later (within the first three teaching weeks) by paying the appropriate fee.
Access Courses - one year part-time NUI Certificate courses which provide alternative entry routes for mature applications to degree level courses at UCD.
Outreach Programme - some of our Open Learning courses are offered at centres across County Dublin.
