ICT Skills Programme
About the initiative
In order to ensure that one of Ireland's most important resources, its labour force,
is appropriately skilled a number of higher education providers are now
offering a number of Level 8 Conversion Programmes which will provide
graduates from other skills areas with the opportunity to up-skill or
re-skill through a 1 year full time HDip Conversion Programme in core
computing/programming skills.
The 17 programmes on offer will be for NFQ Level 8 jobseekers with
cognate/numerical skills and underlying aptitude for programming and there
will be 768 places offered countrywide. All courses are supported by the HEA and Department of Education
and Skills which means the tuition fees normally associated with such
programmes are waived. These programmes are also unique in that all have
close industry involvement in their design and operation and include
industry relevant projects and work placements which will leave graduates fully
'work ready' on completion.
Am I Eligible?
If you have a NFQ Level 8 qualification, you can apply for a course.
It is important to note there can be seperate entry requirements for the course which are set by the provider.
These are likely to be listed on the information page of each course. This can be viewed by clicking the course title.
Income Support
For information on income supports please click here.
You can download the PTEO (Part-Time Education Option) form here.
Further Information
For further information please see our Frequently Asked Questions page here.
The Courses on Offer
N.B. You can only apply for one course so it's important to choose wisely.
ICT skills offers courses from the following providers (number of courses in brackets): Cork Institute of Technology (2), Dublin Institute of Technology (1), Dundalk Institute of Technology (1), Griffith College (2), Institute of Technology Blanchardstown (1), Institute of Technology Tallaght Dublin (1), Limerick Institute of Technology (2), National University of Ireland, Galway (1) and University of Limerick (2)
University of Limerick
National University of Ireland, Galway
Limerick Institute of Technology
Institute of Technology Tallaght Dublin
Institute of Technology Blanchardstown
Griffith College
Dundalk Institute of Technology
Dublin Institute of Technology
Cork Institute of Technology