- Location: AMERICAN COLLEGE DUBLIN, 2 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, Ireland
- Duration: 1 Year
Course details
The Higher Diploma in Business is designed for graduates with a non-business primary degree who wish to gain a comprehensive understanding of business. The programme is designed to provide students with skills and competencies in doing business across a wide range of disciplines. Graduates of the programme may gain entry to the Master of Business in International Business or the MBA programme. The Higher Diploma in Business will benefit non-business graduates who have practical experience in the world of business and wish to improve their skills. It is also suitable for those wishing to retrain for a new career or as a springboard to postgraduate programmes worldwide.
Year 1
- Business management
- Economics
- Financial accounting
- Marketing
- Business communications
- Economic policy
- Finance
- Business law
- Business theory & policy
- Fundamentals of business research
Entry requirements
American College Dublin has three intakes per year: in September, January and May.
There are two ways to apply to the College: through the CAO system or directly to the Admissions office. All of the College’s HETAC programmes are available for application through the CAO system: BA (Hons) in Liberal Arts, BA (Hons) in International Business and BA (Hons) in Accounting and Finance. A prospective student may submit an application for all other courses directly to the Admissions Office at American College Dublin.
Applicants whose first language is not English should have an IELTS score of 6.5 (or equivalent).
Further education students
- The College accepts students from further education colleges to all of its courses. Students must have gained three distinctions in a cognate area of the degree programme that they wish to study. Students must have a full level 5 or level 6 award and this award may have been taken over a number of years. Students with a FETAC qualification can gain access to both American College Dublin and American College Delaware.
Mature student application
- Mature applicants can apply through the CAO for the September intake or make a direct application for the College’s other intakes. Mature applicants must be 23 years of age on 1 January of the year that they wish to begin their course. Mature applicants must be interviewed by one of the admissions team. All applicants must submit a CV and a personal statement to the College.
About American College Dublin
American College Dublin, a constituent college of Irish American University, is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, and is licensed as an institution of higher education in the Republic of Ireland and the State of Delaware. Located on Merrion Square, in the heart of Ireland’s capital city, American College Dublin offers an outstanding post-secondary education at the bachelor’s and master’s levels in liberal arts, performing arts, creative writing, international business, accounting and finance, hospitality management and event management. Established as a not-for-profit educational trust in 1993 by Lynn University (located in Boca Raton, Florida), the College has grown from a study abroad campus for American students to a global institution with thirty-five nationalities among its student body. ACD has a sister campus in Letheys, Delaware, named American College Delaware, through which it offers shared programs and transfer opportunities bettheyen Ireland and the USA.
American College Dublin takes the time-hontheired American tradition of the moderately-sized, not-for-profit liberal arts institution and places it in an international context, with campuses on both sides of the Atlantic rim. The institution seeks to offer the best characteristics of Irish and American higher education in an intimate environment underpinned by the holistic liberal arts model of learning, enabling students to realize their potential and participate successfully in the world. The College provides an education that is rigorous, stimulating and valuable, emphasizing the core values of academic excellence, innovation, ethical integrity and multiculturalism. Class sizes are small (generally no more than ttheynty students to a class) and the teacher engages the student in an educational experience that is active, participative and challenging. Many of the programmes of study have an internship component, which allows students to apply their classroom learning in relevant industry environments and provides them with practical experience related to their field of study. A high proportion of the College’s students progress to further studies at the postgraduate level.
Above all, American College Dublin strives to instil a passion for education that advances the development of the inpidual’s talents and a process of lifelong learning.
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