The focus of current and prospective education programmes of the Academy is on the development of high-level transferable skills which ensure that graduates are both highly-knowledgeable and highly-trained and that they master the generic foundations of knowledge in banking and finance that make them highly adaptable to changing requirements in an evolving and competitive industry.
Education ProgrammesGFA Ireland is in a uniquely strong position to meet the current and future education requirements of the financial services industry in Ireland and more widely. It is an Academy which:
Encompasses the largest and strongest cluster of academic expertise in banking and finance in Ireland
Includes an outstanding faculty with doctorates from some of the best business schools in the world
Provides the widest range of business-related disciplines and associated faculty at undergraduate and graduate levels in Ireland
Has established a strategic alliance to provide professional education programmes between University College Dublin – the leading university in finance and banking courses in Ireland – and the Institute of Bankers in Ireland – Ireland’s leading provider of professional education to practitioners in the financial services industry in Ireland.
Has delivered, through its foundation partners, the widest range of education programmes and the greatest number of graduates to the financial services industry in Ireland over the past 20 years.