Postgraduate Courses – why choose postgraduate study?
Why choose Post-graduate study?
With postgraduate study, you’ll gain specialist knowledge, increase your employability, and in todays environment it can give the edge over competition for work positions.
Postgraduate study is a popular choice amongst graduates in Ireland.
There are over 1,000 taught programmes at postgraduate level to choose from.
WHY CHOOSE POSTGRADUATE STUDY?
- Your chosen career could benefit from the specialist knowledge that a Master’s degree offers
- You want to find out more about the academic subject you studied as an undergraduate
- You would like a career as an academic and you need a PhD to do so
- A Master’s degree gives you increased chance of employment
- Your employment and earning potential will be enhanced by a further qualification
- A postgraduate course provides the ideal opportunity to travel. Great Britain, Europe and the US are popular destinations for Ireland’s graduates.
WHAT’S ON OFFER
1) Taught Programmes
MSc
A Master’s degree usually involves one year full-time or two years’ part-time study.
MBA
Students will get more out of an MBA after a period in the workplace. A Master’s in Business Administration is aimed at experienced graduates who wish to progress to top management positions. Courses usually last one to two years, full-time.
Postgraduate diploma/certificate
Almost always vocational in nature, these courses last one year full-time or two years part-time.
2) Research Programmes
MPhil/PhD
Both require a programme of supervised, individual research which is then written up by the student as a thesis. Your supervisor will guide you in the right direction.
MPhil takes one to two years compared to three-plus years for a PhD.
MRes
A one-year Master’s degree provides training in research methods, with a much larger research component than a taught Master’s degree. The rest of the time is spent learning specialist skills and knowledge to support the research. It is often used as a taster course before doing a PhD.
FUNDING
Local authorities that give undergraduate study awards will usually extend them to cover one postgraduate qualification for a maximum of two years.
In addition the graduate skills conversion programme allows graduates to acquire qualifications for employment in the information and communication technology sectors.
There are many independent funding bodies that can be approached for scholarships and bursaries to cover part or even all postgraduate costs.
For more information view postgraduate courses on offer on findacourse.ie
