Digital & AI Policy

With support from Microsoft Ireland, UCD School of Information and Communication Studies has established our Digital & AI Policy Programmes with the goal of building digital policy training and capability.



These are designed to offer graduates the opportunity to study some of the core topical, theoretical, and methodological issues that arise in all dimensions of life. We investigate the institutional and public policy dimensions of the prevalence of digital technologies, infrastructures, production, capture, and analysis.



Our programmes also study the underlying social conditions (economic, political, and cultural) that give rise to such technologies and their governance, as well as the multiple public sector and commercial contexts where policy is made and enacted.




In addition to face-to-face environments for our MSc and graduate diploma, we offer online learning options for some programmes.




Choose from:

MSc Digital & AI Policy - Full Time W622, on campus.



MSc Digital & AI Policy - Part Time W623, on campus.



Graduate Diploma Digital & AI Policy - Full-time W624 and Part-Time W625 options, on campus.



Professional Certificate Digital Policy - W569. Online, in the autumn terms, Wednesdays 2pm - 4pm.

Stage 1 Core Modules

IS40820 Research Theory and Practice 5

IS40910 Digital Policy 10

IS40960 Digital Policy II 10

IS41190 Regulation and Emerging Technology 10

IS41290 Digital Policy Thesis 30

IS41810 Cultures of Digital Media 10



Stage 1 Options - A)3 of:

Students should select 1 Option Module in the autumn and 2 in the spring. IS40640 Research Methods and POL42540 are face to face only. All other modules are hybrid or online.

IS40640 Research Methods 5

IS40730 Quantitative Data Analysis 5

IS40970 AI & Ethics 5

IS41050 Platform Governance 5

IS41820 Digital Methods Research 5

IS41850 AI & Digital Cultural Heritage 5

POL42540 Applied Data Wrangling and Visualisation 5

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.

https://www.ucd.ie/registry/prospectivestudents/admissions/rpl/

Apply online



Who Should Apply?

Full Time option suitable for:

Domestic(EEA) applicants: Yes

International (Non EU) applicants: Yes

1 year full-time,

2 years part-time.

W622

Digital & AI Policy MSc Full-Time

Commencing September 2026

Graduate Taught