Courses that mean business
At Galway Business School, one of Ireland’s leading independent third-level colleges, you’ll find not only an excellent location but also top-class facilities, teachers and programmes.
Choose a course type or explore all business courses.
Graduate programmes
Springboard courses
Pathway programmes
Short certificate courses
Decorative/informative filler
Full-time courses
Part-time courses
All business courses
- Type
- Duration
- Mode
- Minimum English level
- QQI outcome
- ECTS
Bachelor of business
- Duration 3 years
- Mode Full-time day
- Min. IELTS entry level 6
- QQI level outcome 7
- ECTS 180
Bachelor of business (honours) in international business
- Duration 1 year
- Mode Full-time day
- Min. IELTS entry level 6.5
- QQI level outcome 8
- ECTS 60
Bachelor of arts (hons) in enterprise management
- Duration 4 years
- Mode Full-time day
- Min. IELTS entry level 6.5
- QQI level outcome 8
- ECTS 240
Higher certificate in business
- Duration 2 years
- Mode Full-time day
- Min. IELTS entry level 6
- QQI level outcome 6
- ECTS 120
Certificate in digital marketing and sales
- Duration 1 semester
- Mode Full-time day
- Min. IELTS entry level 6
- QQI level outcome 6
- ECTS 20
Certificate in sustainable leadership
- Duration 1 semester
- Mode Full-time day
- Min. IELTS entry level 6
- QQI level outcome 7
- ECTS 10
Certificate in human resource management
- Duration 1 semester
- Mode Part-time evening
- Min. IELTS entry level 6
- QQI level outcome 7
- ECTS 10
Certificate in strategic operations management
- Duration 1 semester
- Mode Full-time day
- Min. IELTS entry level 6
- QQI level outcome 7
- ECTS 20
Certificate in strategy and global supply chain management
- Duration 1 semester
- Mode Full-time day
- Min. IELTS entry level 6
- QQI level outcome 8
- ECTS 20
Certificate in managing digital transformation
- Duration 1 semester
- Mode Full-time day, Part-time evening
- Min. IELTS entry level 6
- QQI level outcome 7
- ECTS 20
Innovation and new enterprise development
- Duration 1 semester
- Mode Part-time evening
- Min. IELTS entry level 6
- QQI level outcome 8
- ECTS 10
Quantitative methods
- Duration 1 semester
- Mode Full-time day
- Min. IELTS entry level 6
- QQI level outcome 7
- ECTS 5
Computer applications
- Duration 12 weeks
- Mode Part-time evening
- Min. IELTS entry level 6
- QQI level outcome 7
- ECTS 5
Introduction to accounting
- Duration 1 semester
- Mode Full-time day
- Min. IELTS entry level 6
- QQI level outcome 7
- ECTS 5
University foundation programme
- Duration 1 year
- Mode Part-time evening
- Min. IELTS entry level 5.5
- QQI level outcome
- ECTS
Pre-masters
- Duration 1 year
- Mode Full-time day
- Min. IELTS entry level 6
- QQI level outcome
- ECTS
We are proudly international
XX% of our students come from outside Ireland. So whatever programme you attend, you’ll find yourself a part of a global community of like-minded learners.
For international students, we make sure you have everything you need to succeed:
Galway Cultural Institute
Get your English to the required level for work, study or leisure.
Local accommodation
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Galway city
Discover the ‘cultural heart of Ireland’ that will enrich your learning experience.
Learning pathways
Routes through to the business school.
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Quality you can trust
Galway Business School is a QQI-accredited higher education provider. Our programmes are validated by Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) and lead to awards on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ).
Galway Business School is authorised by Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) to use the TrustEd Ireland international education mark. TrustEd Ireland is the statutory mark that signals to international learners that a provider has met rigorous national standards for quality, governance and learner protection. Our quality assurance system is set out in our Quality Assurance Handbook, which is reviewed regularly and approved by our governing structures.
Our quality assurance system is set out in our Quality Assurance Handbook, which is reviewed regularly and approved by our governing structures.