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ProfCert (NFQ Level 9)

This course is available through the following application route(s)

Duration:
4 Months
Attendance:
Part-Time
Delivery:
On Campus
NFQ Level:
9 (10 credits)
Level:
Graduate Taught
Award:
Professional Certificate
Next Intake:
September
Country Specific Entry Requirements:
Visit the UCD Global Undergraduate Entry Requirements webpage.
Other School Leaving Requirements:
See www.ucd.ie/admissions
Curricular information is subject to change.

Duration:
4 Months
Attendance:
Part-Time
Delivery:
On Campus
NFQ Level:
9 (10 credits)
Level:
Graduate Taught
Award:
Professional Certificate
Next Intake:
January
Country Specific Entry Requirements:
Visit the UCD Global Undergraduate Entry Requirements webpage.
Other School Leaving Requirements:
See www.ucd.ie/admissions
Curricular information is subject to change.

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This Professional Certificate has been designed to allow individuals the flexibility to study single legal modules from a wide range of subjects on offer in UCD Sutherland School of Law. This 10 credit programme is ideal for professionals with either a legal qualification or a qualification or experience in an area of relevance to the subjects they wish to study. It involves completing a single law module available in the Masters' programmes offered by the School. 

NOTE: Applicants to B400 for the Professional Certificate in Equality & Diversity Law should note in their personal statement that Equality & Diversity (LAW42320) is their selected module.

Participants in this programme will study alongside Masters (LLM) Students and on completion, can consider continuing to study the LLM (subject to meeting entry requirements). This is a flexible opportunity to study LLM modules one at a time (as part of our Professional certificate or Professional Diploma in the case of more than one module). You will be studying individual graduate-level modules to accumulate credits over a prolonged period of time leading to a certificate, diploma or master’s degree.

 

 

 

 

 

About This Course

Students who undertake this programme are challenged to think more critically about the social, cultural and political dimensions of the law, as well as the technical aspects of its application.

On completion, you will equipped to:

  • Demonstrate specialised knowledge and understanding of module taken
  • Apply that knowledge and understanding in diverse environments
  • Communicate, appropriately, to different audiences

Below is a list of all modules offered for this degree in the current academic year. Click on the module to discover what you will learn in the module, how you will learn and assessment feedback profile amongst other information.

Incoming Stage 1 undergraduates can usually select an Elective in the Spring Trimester. Most continuing undergraduate students can select up to two Elective modules (10 Credits) per stage. There is also the possibility to take up to 10 extra Elective credits.

Module Type Module   Trimester Credits
Stage 1 Options - A)1 of:
Choose 1 Module
LAW41040 Law and Governance of the EU Autumn  10
Stage 1 Options - A)1 of:
Choose 1 Module
LAW41270 Data Protection and Privacy: National and International Perspectives Autumn  10

ProfCert Law (B388) Part Time
EU/NONEU    fee per year - € 3010

***Fees are subject to change

 

EU & Non-EU Fee information can be found here: https://www.ucd.ie/students/fees/

Please refer to the above link as other fees found elsewhere may not be current.

Applications are accepted from 

  • Practising barristers or solicitors
  • Barristers or solicitors actively engaged in legally connected employment,
  • Graduates holding an approved university degree or law-based interdisciplinary university degree,
  • Persons with other academic and/or professional qualifications and/or such experiences as would satisfy the School that they are able to participate on this course.

Applicants should take careful note of the following

  • The personal statement is an important component of the application. It should contain information demonstrating your capability to undertake the course successfully. Thus, you should detail your relevant professional and practical experience.
  • Applicants must nominate two academic referees unless the applicant has been in employment for more than two years, in which case one of the named referees must be an employer. Applicants are required to submit the name, position held, postal address, email address and contact number for the two academic referees.

 

You may be eligible for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), as UCD recognises formal, informal, and/or experiential learning. RPL may be awarded to gain Admission and/or credit exemptions on a programme. Please visit the UCD Registry RPL web page for further information. Any exceptions are also listed on this webpage.

Part Time option suitable for:

Domestic(EEA) applicants: Yes
International (Non EEA) applicants: No


Applications for admission to the Programme are invited from practising barristers or solicitors, graduates holding an approved university law degree or law-based inter disciplinary university degree or equivalent.



Applications will also be considered from the holders of academic and/or professional qualifications and/or proof of such experience as satisfy the School of Law that they are able to participate fully in the course and will be required to study the Introduction to Law module in advance of being admitted to the course.


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B400
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Professional Certificate

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Graduate Taught
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B388
Law
Professional Certificate

Part-Time
Commencing September 2026
Graduate Taught
Not available to International applicantsApply
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