Computing and IT

Course Description

Its focus is on both in-depth theoretical knowledge and understanding of the information technology environment and professional practice in which the knowledge and understanding are applied.

It's designed to broaden an individual’s existing knowledge and skills gained from an unrelated undergraduate degree into the information technology field. Student can then choose specialized areas in which student can develop expertise.

It encourages flexibility, acknowledging the diversity of the IT environment and the diversity in learner interest and needs.

It provides courses where you can research and apply information technology knowledge and skills to a workplace.

It encourages you to apply research skills to identify solutions to information technology problems or issues.

Entry Requirements

An undergraduate degree in IT 

or An undergraduate degree in a related area (e.g. Business, Visual Arts, 

and Science) with a B pass or better.

IELTS: Overall 6.5 Academic with no band score lower than 6.0

Outcome

Possible job and career opportunities can include:

Systems analyst

IT consultant

Business analyst

IT infrastructure support analyst

E-commerce advisor

Project manager

IT educator

Security analyst

IT manager

Course Description

The entire course is divided in 3 main element: core module, optional module and substantial capstone thesis. 

The university 

Student learns the skill to develop innovative new services and products based on data analytics. Opportunity to do PHD in NUI Galway itself or anywhere else in abroad. 

Demand for the program graduate is very high in local, national and International locations, which gives the applicant a very wide opportunities in the Computing and IT industry.

Graduates from NUI Galway are currently working for top leading companies such as; IBM, SAP, Cisco, Avaya, Google, Fujitsu, Accenture, Paddypower.com, Merck Pharmaceuticals as well as many specialised companies and start-ups.

Entry Requirements

Bachelors: 70% in 12th

Masters: 65% - 70% in Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering and computing or equivalent qualification from accredited institute, student who do not meet the entry criteria will be considered on case to case basis depending on work experience or qualification.  

IELTS: 6.5 overall bands no component less than 6.0 in each.

Outcome

The Irish Government’s policy is for Ireland to become a leading country in Europe for big data and analytics, which would result in 21,000 potential new employment opportunities in Ireland alone. Role types for Graduates that may include:

• Data Analytics
• Business Intelligence Analyst
• Data Analytics Consultant
• Data Science Expert
• Multimedia Systems Developer
• IT Operations Manager
• Data Analysts/Engineers
• Data Analytics Manager
• Software Engineers
• Hadoop Developers

Course Description

The one year masters offer a choice of three areas of specialisation into Advance software development – Full Stack Developer, Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR) – Immersive Computing, IT Strategy and Architecture – IT Management. This programme is designed for the students who are keenly fascinated in analysing, developing, implementing and evaluating ICT interventions for organisations. The programme incorporates work practice with research and theory in informatics. In this way students will develop both in-depth subject knowledge and crucial work experience in the chosen specialisation, researching into cutting edge research in their field.

Entry Requirements

Masters: 60-65% in Bachelor of Science with majors in informatics information system degree or equivalent degree from an accredited University.

IELTS : 6.5 overall no less than 5.5 each

Outcome

After the course completion, students will be qualified for an international career in one of a variety of different fields, such as virtual and augmented media, advanced software development and IT-architecture.

Course Description

The Master's programme in Computer Science prepares you optimally for a career in one of the most important domains of the future corporate world. You will acquire the knowledge and skills required to design cyber security systems in development projects and IT infrastructure.

Entry Requirements

Bachelor's degree or additional professional qualification in IT, Computer Science, Engineering or Mathematics or other Computer Science related disciplines from an accredited university.

IELTS : overall 6

Outcome

Globalisation and digitalisation of business and society are leading to a high -and largely unmet - need for IT specialists. In addition to other topics, there are bottlenecks among IT specialists with in-depth knowledge of cyber security. To a large extent, this high demand also arises from the fact that these are required not only in the IT industry, but also in all user industries.