The popular postgraduate courses in Universities
Whether you want to further your career or broaden your educational horizons, there are hundreds of postgraduate options– which are the top university courses?
At Maynooth University the top five courses are:
1. MSc Business Management
2. MA Community and Youth Work
3. MSc Immunology and Global Health
4. MA Military History
5. MSc Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing
Spotlight on . . . MSc Business Management
One-year full-time, two-year part-time This is a one-year conversion master’s open to BA and BSc graduates from all disciplines and to those with substantial business experience without a business degree. The MSc Business Management introduces students to a range of topics such as organisational behaviour, strategy, marketing, business ethics and international management and develops their knowledge to postgraduate expertise.
Students access leading business thinking, apply contemporary management theory and practices, research business solutions through team and individual assignments and a business research project or dissertation with industry partners including AIB, House of Ireland, Ernst & Young, Intel and others. The programme is intensive and fast-paced, bringing students on a high growth learning experience over 12 months full-time or 24 months part-time.
Modules are over two semesters with the business research project during May and August.
Candidates must have a minimum 2.2 honours degree in a non-business discipline. Applicants without a degree but with at least 10 years’ relevant work experience including at least three years in a management position, will also be considered. Cost: €7,800
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