Expand+Application Deadline: September 2022.

By Email (preferred method)
Please download and complete the application form on www.ipa.ie and email it, along with the items listed below, to undergrad@ipa.ie

By Post
Alternatively, you can complete...

Hide-Application Deadline: September 2022.

By Email (preferred method)
Please download and complete the application form on www.ipa.ie and email it, along with the items listed below, to undergrad@ipa.ie

By Post
Alternatively, you can complete the application form at the end of this prospectus and, including the items listed below, return it by post.

What to Provide (email or post)

Applicants must provide:
• Their full name (this is the name that will appear on any future award parchments).
• A passport-type photograph.
• A photocopy of their passport, birth certificate or driving licence.
• A photocopy of their Leaving Certificate or relevant qualification (only if you are under 21).
• The fee for the programme or confirmation, including a PO number, that fees will be paid by an employer (please contact the Undergraduate Office).

Applications Cannot Be Processed Unless All Relevant Documentation is Included.

Expand+Applicants Require:
1. Leaving Certificate (examination from 2017 onwards): Candidates must obtain a pass in at least six subjects accepted for NUI matriculation purposes, with at least Grade H5 in two subjects on the Higher Level and at least Gr...

Hide-Applicants Require:
1. Leaving Certificate (examination from 2017 onwards): Candidates must obtain a pass in at least six subjects accepted for NUI matriculation purposes, with at least Grade H5 in two subjects on the Higher Level and at least Grade H7 (Higher Level) or O6 (Ordinary Level) in four subjects. Papers passed must include Irish, English and a third language. Students applying for the BBS (Hons) must have passed the Mathematics paper.

Or

2. Students of mature years (students over 21 on January 1 of the calendar year of entry) may be matriculated by the IPA for the purpose of entering a course of study.

Special Case Applications
Prospective students who do not meet the requirements under paragraphs 1 and 2 above may qualify for admission by meeting other equivalent requirements. A Special Case Application Form can be requested from:

Dr Denis O’Brien Registrar Institute of Public Administration 57-61 Lansdowne Road Dublin 4 Tel: +353 (01) 240 3600 Email: undergrad@ipa.ie

Subject Accumulation
In some programmes, students may enrol for one or more subjects each year until they complete the programme stage.

Exemptions
Graduates and those with other relevant awards, in particular university, QQI and Institute of Technology awards, may apply for an exemption from a subject(s) or entire stage of certain IPA programmes. Only those who have studied relevant disciplines with be considered for exemptions.

Exemptions cannot be awarded in a one-year programme or at the award stage of longer programmes.

Application forms for exemptions are available from the IPA. They must be completed and returned no later than early October 2022.

Applications must be accompanied by transcripts of results for each year of previous third-level studies.

Expand+This two-year part-time programme is both a stand-alone
qualification and the second year of the four-year (BBS) Hons
programme. Having completed the first year—Certificate in
Business Studies—students continue their studies with four
sub...

Hide-This two-year part-time programme is both a stand-alone
qualification and the second year of the four-year (BBS) Hons
programme. Having completed the first year—Certificate in
Business Studies—students continue their studies with four
subjects from one of four streams:
1 Accounting
2 Marketing
3 Information Systems Management
4 Human Resource Management

If students do not wish to take all the subjects in one year, they
can study on a phased basis.

Is this programme for you?
The subjects covered in the Diploma have a wide application and the programme attracts students interested in careers in both the private and public sectors. It offers instruction in both core business competencies and in specific business functions, allowing students gain a solid understanding of the principles and practices that govern contemporary business life and to specialise in a specific stream.

Choice of Stream Subjects:
The stream subjects available in any given year depend on student numbers.

Expand+Year 1 – Certificate in Business Studies:
The first year is both a stand-alone qualification and the first stage in the Diploma and the BBS (Hons).

Year Twp:
Cost Accounting:
Cost accounting helps managers see the cost of business operati...

Hide-Year 1 – Certificate in Business Studies:
The first year is both a stand-alone qualification and the first stage in the Diploma and the BBS (Hons).

Year Twp:
Cost Accounting:
Cost accounting helps managers see the cost of business operations and thus make informed decisions. This course explores the main principles and processes of cost accounting, including budgeting, absorption and marginal costing and basic standard costing.

Economics:
This introductory-level course explains the main theories and principles of economics. It covers both micro and macroeconomics and addresses such topics as the laws of supply and demand, how market prices are reached, monopolies and competition and monetary policy.

Business and Company Law:
All transactions in the State, whether public or private, are governed by commercial law. In this course, students will examine the laws that pertain to the creation, performance and dissolution of contracts, the formation of companies, the acquisition of shares and the liquidation of businesses.

Students choose a fourth subject from one of the following streams:
Accounting
Financial Accounting:
This course examines the core elements of financial accounting, a branch of accounting that prepares financial statements for interested parties outside the organisation. Students examine the financial accounts of limited companies, tangible and intangible assets, taxation, cash flow, post-balance sheet events and earnings per share.

Marketing
Marketing Information Analysis:
Marketing campaigns and strategies are dependent on comprehensive and accurate information about target markets. This course explores how useful marketing information is obtained and analysed.

Human Resource Management
Organisational Behaviour:
Organisations, despite having similar processes and business units, often behave in different ways. A key objective of HRM is to understand and direct organisational behaviour. This course discusses the relevant issues, including communication, organisational culture and group behaviour.