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UCD Professional Academy offers a wide range of Professional courses, giving you career-defining certifications. Delivered at convenient times and formats, such as On Demand & On Campus courses to equip adult learners with the life skills required to fuel your professional development journey.

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Relevant skills for your team, results for you.

Whether you're interested in making your training budget work harder with volume discounts across our standard portfolio of training courses, or have bespoke training needs to be addressed, we'll help you level up. Our team of upskilling experts are ready to take the pain out of meeting your training targets.

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The UCD Professional Academy Student Experience

Choose from over 40 expert-led Professional Academy Qualifications & Diplomas.

What our Alumni Say

Upon completion of this course, I feel equipped to confidently navigate the ever-changing landscape of AI on a high level. I highly recommend ‘AI for Business’ to any business professional who seeks to gain a competitive edge in the AI-driven world of today.

My experience was truly enjoyable. The staff were friendly and made me feel welcome from the start. I must commend the lecturer in catering to the needs of his students. I gained invaluable insights into data collection and interpretation. Learning tools such as Excel, Power BI, and Tableau expanded my skill set immensely.

I absolutely would recommend the course, as well as UCD Professional Academy to others. I found the admin staff extremely helpful before the course even began, and I appreciated how they often kept in touch during the duration of the course with any updates we needed. Everyone was extremely friendly, and helpful when I reached out.

Aisling Shanley

Donor Relations Officer, Trinity College Dublin

The course curriculum and practical approach equipped me with the skills, tools and knowledge necessary to confidently succeed in today’s digital landscape. I highly recommend UCD Professional Academy to anyone seeking top-tier education in digital product management!

Digital Product Management

I enjoyed learning about the impact digital disruption is having in our world. This course introduced me to a framework for understanding the challenges and opportunities we face. I enjoyed hearing from my classmates who have been involved in digital transformation initiatives. Their insights helped make it a real experience we could all learn from

Enda Murphy

The Professional Academy Diploma in Graphic Design is an excellent course for stepping into the world of Graphic Design. My lecturer was always available for questions. Upon finishing this course, I got a job as a graphic designer and print finisher in a printing studio, so I would recommend this course to people who have interest in design.

This course taught me a lot about myself and my leadership style and I gained valuable insights into effective management techniques. The online classes allowed me the flexibility to attend while working full time and the lecturers were very knowledgeable and provided great guidance and support to the students.

Leadership & Management

The Professional Academy Diploma in PR & Marketing Communications was brilliant, I looked forward to it every week. The lecturer was brilliant and explained everything so well, giving loads of examples from her own work. It was great to hear from others in the course too. I enjoyed learning from the others in the group discussions.

My experience with the Professional Academy Diploma in Project Management was extremely good - since completing the course I now have interviews coming out of my ears! I picked up a lot of useful skills throughout the course and everything was very well-taught by the lecturers.

Project Management

I chose the WIL course to ensure that our in-house WIL Programme was aligned with best practice. The greatest benefit was the safe space created for personal self-reflection that was invaluable to my own leadership development.I'm more confident to lead authentically as a result of the course, and thanks to Patricia, I say 'sorry' a lot less!

Women in Leadership

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UCD Professional Academy combines academic heritage with modern ambition to provide industry-leading professional courses.

Give your career an advantage, impress your employer and improve your potential with a recognised, respected certification.

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