- Publication date:
- 2nd September 2025
- Author:
- UCD Teaching & Learning
Applications to the UCD Teaching and Learning Level 9 programmes starting in January 2026 will be open from Monday 29th September to Monday 17th November 2025.
Join our Online Information Session taking place on Thursday 23rd October at 13.00. This is a good opportunity to meet the team and to ask any questions you may have about the programmes.
The programmes are designed for UCD Faculty and academic-related teaching staff.
- Professional Certificate University Teaching & Learning (U011) - 15 ECTS
- Certificate of Continuing Professional Development University Teaching and Learning (U007) - 7.5 ECTS
The programme fees are waived for eligible UCD staff. Applications must be made online at www.ucd.ie/courses/apply and entering the relevant code; U011 for the Professional Cert or U007 for the Cert of CPD, into the keyword filter bar. Please note that one cannot log into the system with one's staff credentials, so one must either (a) use previous student credentials if one was a student at UCD previously or (b) if new to studying at UCD, create a new student account.
A suite of modules will be offered in each academic session, facilitating participants to choose in accordance with their interests and development needs. Participants typically undertake changes in their teaching resulting from what they have learnt and have reported noticeable improvements in their own students’ learning.
The modules available on the programmes for the January start programmes are Active Learning with Technology, Assessment & Feedback in Higher Education and Teaching Across Cultures (Spring trimester 2026) and Reflective Practice in T&L, Designing Curricula and a new module that is currently being developed called Contemporary Matters (in T&L) in Higher Education (Autumn trimester 2026).
One can apply to either the Certificate of CPD which requires the completion of a single module (7.5 ECTS) in the Spring trimester, or the Professional Certificate which requires the completion of two modules (15 ECTS), one in the Spring trimester and one the following Autumn trimester.
Upon completion of the Professional Certificate, two further modules can be undertaken for the award of a Professional Diploma, University Teaching and Learning, which carries a credit volume of 30 ECTS.
The programmes are designed to be flexible, research-informed and practice-based and provide a professional qualification for academic staff at different stages of their careers. They offer the opportunity to review and develop teaching skills by addressing the contemporary challenges of teaching in higher education. Research-informed and experiential approaches are used to assist staff in widening their repertoire of teaching, learning and assessment strategies.
Hear what colleagues who have completed the programmes have said about their experience on the Programmes. Further information is also available on our website.