Dublin City University Postgraduate Programmes 2012 Dublin City University Postgraduate Prospectus 2012
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Dublin City University Postgraduate Programmes 2012 Dublin City University Postgraduate Prospectus 2012 Institutional Linkages Dublin City University has a number of strategic partners. St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, the Mater Dei Institute of Education and All Hallows College are colleges of DCU by virtue of institutional linkages with the University, under which staff and students enjoy reciprocal rights and privileges, and all degree courses are accredited by DCU. Furthermore, DCU has a number of other strategic partners in Ireland and overseas, including universities in the United States and China. Specific Information on those Institutions’ programmes of study can be obtained directly from: St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 Tel: +353 (0) 1 884 2000 Fax: +353 (0) 1 837 6197 www.spd.dcu.ie Mater Dei Institute of Education, Clonliffe Road, Dublin 3 Tel: +353 (0) 1 808 6500 Fax: +353 (0) 1 837 0776 www.materdei.ie All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 Tel: +353 (0) 1 837 3745 Fax: +353 (0) 1 837 7642 www.allhallows.ie 1 Contents Contents Welcome from the President 2 Summary of Programmes including Fees 22 Postgraduate Taught Programmes 4 DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY Postgraduate Research Programmes 5 BUSINESS SCHOOL 30 Office of the Vice-President for Research 7 Library 8 HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 32 Information Systems and Services 8 SCIENCE AND HEALTH 34 Registry 8 Student Support and Development ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING 38 • Student Advice Centre 9 • Careers Service 9 Oscail - DCU Distance Education 40 • Counselling and Personal Development Service 9 • Health Service 9 Campus Map 42 • Inter Faith Centre 9 Getting to DCU 43 • Sports Development Service 10 Contact Numbers for Faculties/Schools 44 • DCU Sports Academy 10 • Student Activities 10 • Sports Facilities at DCU 10 The International Office 11 Accommodation 12 Disability and Learning Support Service 13 Application Information • Postgraduate Applications Centre (PAC) 14 • Categorisation as EU/EEA (including Swiss, Norwegian and Icelandic) or non-EU 15 • Application Information Summary Table 16 • Graduate Skills Conversion Fund 18 • English Language Requirements 19 • English Language Courses 20 • Pre-Masters International Foundation Programme (IFP) 20 • Useful Websites for International Students 20 Detailed information on all postgraduate programmes listed on pages 22-29 can be found at www.dcu.ie/prospective/postgraduate.shtml 2 Dublin City University Postgraduate Prospectus 2012 Welcome from the President DCU is a young, dynamic and ambitious Superb Facilities University. Since 1980, when we admitted Students at DCU enjoy exceptional our first students, DCU has made incredible teaching and learning facilities. DCU’s progress. In that period, over 35,000 research facilities are amongst the best students have graduated from DCU and in Ireland, and the campus houses leading are now playing key roles in many sectors research centres in areas such as cellular across the world, most especially in Ireland. biotechnology, neuro-therapeutics, Today, close to 11,500 students are enrolled chemical sensors and biosensors, plasma at DCU. This number includes almost 2,000 technology, biomedical diagnostics, students representing 115 countries from machine translation, telecommunications around the world. Over 25% of our students and adaptive information technology. are registered in postgraduate programmes These excellent facilities are located in including over 800 students pursuing an environment that caters for the varied research degrees at Master’s or Ph.D. level. needs of all our students. There are coffee DCU’s excellence has been recognised in shops, restaurants, a sports complex with the global rankings of universities. DCU 25m swimming pool, an award-winning is ranked in the top 4% of universities Library and DCU’s renowned performing worldwide. In September 2010, the Sunday arts centre, The Helix. With over 100 Times awarded DCU the title ‘University Clubs and Societies, there is no shortage of the Year 2010/11’. of opportunity for you to have an exciting extra-curricular life and to build a broad A focus on students range of friends. Our goal is to give you At DCU, we believe in the transformational an excellent learning experience in an impact that a university education can enjoyable atmosphere full of interesting have on the lives of people. Our primary and enhancing experiences! objective is to unleash the personal potential in every student and to enable all Making a Choice students to realise their ambitions. Through Choosing a university and a postgraduate its postgraduate degree programmes, degree programme is never an easy So, if you choose to come to DCU, DCU develops enterprising and creative decision for anyone to make. You must I can guarantee you that you will not be mindsets; its graduates are widely sought consider a broad range of factors, and even disappointed. I look forward to welcoming after by employers, and can deliver their then, the best conclusion is not always you here! own future. clear. At DCU we aim to foster innovation and creativity and to elucidate the pathway A 2010 report prepared for the European to discovery through advanced teaching Commission by the ‘Expert Group on New and research methodologies. In helping Skills for New Jobs’ stated the following: you to consider what DCU can offer you, “Many of the jobs in 2015 I would like to assure you of these points: Professor Brian MacCraith President and most of the jobs in 2030 • DCU is a university that is committed to providing a highly supportive do not currently exist and environment for our students along cannot be foreseen yet.” their journey of learning and personal development. Such is the pace of change and • DCU is a university where we pursue unpredictability of the future that excellence in education and research, one of the key characteristics that is and where we seek to prepare the next required in most employment situations generation of leaders, entrepreneurs and is responsiveness, and adaptability to ‘transformational thinkers’ for the global change. DCU addresses this key issue work-place. by regularly enhancing its portfolio of degree programmes to take account of • DCU is a university that focuses on the the changes in the global environment broader student experience where you in which our graduates must compete. can combine advanced learning in your DCU is widely regarded as an innovator specific discipline(s) with a broad range in the provision of degree programmes of social, cultural and sporting activities. which anticipate the needs of society and employers. For this reason, DCU graduates are always ready for the changing world! 3 Welcome from the President from Welcome Fáilte ón Uachtarán Is ollscoil óg, dhinimiciúil agus sochaí agus na bhfostóirí. Dá bharr, Mar sin, más é OCBÁC do rogha, uaillmhianach é DCU. Tá dul chun cinn tá céimithe OCBÁC i gcónaí réidh don is féidir liom a chinntiú nach mbeidh dochreidte déanta ag OCBÁC ó 1980 ar domhan atá ag athrú! díomá ort. Táim ag tnúth le fáilte a chur aghaidh, nuair a ghlacamar mic léinn don romhat anseo! Áiseanna den scoth chéad uair. Sa tréimhse sin, fuair níos mó Baineann mic léinn OCBÁC sult as ná 35,000 mac léinn céim ó OCBÁC agus áiseanna foghlama agus múinteoireachta tá príomhpháirt acu i go leor earnálacha den scoth. Tá saoráidí DCU i measc na ar fud an domhain, agus go háirithe in saoráidí is fearr in Éirinn, agus tá príomh- Éirinn. Inniu, tá beagnach 11,000 mac ionaid taighde sa champas i réimsí léinn cláraithe in OCBÁC. Tá os cionn 25% cosúil le biteicneolaíocht cheallach, An tOllamh Brian MacCraith dár mic léinn cláraithe ar chláir iarchéime néartheiripic, braiteoirí ceimiceacha agus Uachtarán lena n-áirítear os cionn 800 mac léinn bithbhraiteoirí, teicneolaíocht phlasma, atá ag déanamh cláir taighde ar leibhéal diagnóisic bhithleighis, aistriú meaisín, máistreachta nó PhD. teileachumarsáid agus teicneolaíocht I rangú domhanda na n-ollscoileanna, tá faisnéise oiriúnaitheach. aitheantas tugtha do shármhaitheas OCBÁC. Tá na háiseanna iontacha seo suite Tá DCU rangaithe i measc an 4% is fearr i dtimpeallacht a fhreastalaíonn ar na d’ollscoileanna ar fud an domhain. Bhronn riachtanais éagsúla dár mic léinn go léir. the Sunday Times ‘University of the Year Tá caifí, ceithre bhialann, an Leabharlann 2010/11’ ar DCU i mí Mheán Fómhair 2010. a bhuaigh gradam agus The Helix. Le níos Béim ar mhic léinn mó ná 100 Club agus Cumann agus an Hub, Ag OCBÁC, creidimid sa tionchar Áras na Mac Léinn, níl aon easpa deiseanna bunathraithe atá ag oideachas ollscoile ann duit chun saol seach-churaclaim ar shaolta na ndaoine óga. Is é ár iontach a bheith agat agus raon leathan bpríomhchuspóir ná an fhéidearthacht de chairde a dhéanamh. Is é ár n-aidhm ná phearsanta atá ag gach mac léinn a taithí fhoghlama den scoth a thabhairt duit scaoileadh ionas go mbeidh na mic léinn in atmaisféar spraíúil lán de thaithí suimiúil, go léir ábalta a n-uaillmhianta a bhaint cothaitheach! amach. Trína chláir chéim iarchéime, Ag déanamh rogha forbraíonn DCU meonta fiontraíochta Ní rogha éasca d’aon duine é ollscoil agus cruthaitheacha; bíonn fostóirí sa tóir agus clár céime iarchéime a roghnú. go mór ar a iarchéimithe, agus is féidir leo Ag DCU tá sé mar aidhm againn nuálaíocht a dtodhchaí féin a sheachadadh. agus cruthaitheacht a chothú agus an I dtionscadal de 2010 arna ullmhú don bealach chuig fionnachtain a réiteach Choimisiún Eorpach ag an ‘Sainghrúpa trí ardmhodheolaíochtaí teagaisc agus ar Scileanna Nua d’Fhostaíocht Nua’ luadh taighde. Chun cabhrú leat measúnú a an méid seo a leanas: dhéanamh ar na nithe is féidir le OCBÁC a chur ar fáil duit, ba mhaith liom na pointí “Níl go leor de na poist in 2015 seo a leanas a dheimhniú duit: agus formhór na bpost in 2030 • Is ollscoil í OCBÁC atá tiomanta do ann cheana agus ní fhéadtar thimpeallacht ardtacaíochta a sholáthar dár mic léinn le linn a dturais fhoghlama iad a thuar fós.” agus forbartha pearsanta.