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University College Dublin

Public Policy

GradDip Public Policy

Graduate Taught (level 9 nfq, credits 60)

The Graduate Diploma is aimed primarily at students who have an undergraduate qualification in a non-cognate discipline. However, for those students who feel that they did not quite reach their full potential in their undergraduate degree, the programme also offers the opportunity to acquire an additional 'top-up' qualification.

They can choose modules from the broad list of Master of Public Policy Course. Depending on their performance, aspirations and selection of modules, students can transfer from the graduate diploma into the Master of Public Policy in the stream in which they specialised.

Entry requirements

Each application is considered on its individual merits. The applicants should have earned an undergraduate degree with at least Lower Second Class Honours, or its equivalent. Relevant professional experience will also be taken into account.

Note that meet the requirements do not guarantee admission. Applicants in their final year of undergraduate study may be admitted conditional on satisfactory completion of their undergraduate degree.

Duration

1 year full time, 2 years part time.

Number of credits

Careers or further progression

Related Programmes
Master of Public Policy

Further enquiries

Contact Name: Gillian Johnston
Contact Number:+353 1 716 8643

Subjects taught

The Grad Dip of Public Policy is a 60-credit programme. Students take 4 core modules and choose option modules according to their choice of stream.

Please visit www.ucd.ie/publicpolicy for further details.

Stage 1 - Core
Public Administration & Policy
GSHS40210
Regulatory Governance
LAW40250
Comparative Public Policy
POL40160
Evidence-Based Policy Making
SPOL40450

Stage 1 - Option
Econometrics
ECON42000
Microeconomics
ECON42010
Behavioural Economics
ECON42260
Energy Economics and Policy
ECON42270
International Trade
ECON42290
Health & Welfare Economics
ECON42350
Racism and Anti-Racism
EQUL40010
Disability and Equality
EQUL40200
Economics of Inequality
EQUL40340
Creative Destruction and Economic Growth
GEOG30440
Environmental Law and Policy
LAW40120
The Regulation of Food Safety and Quality
LAW40180
Media Regulation
LAW40230
Corporate Governance
LAW40670
NGOs: Law, Governance and Social Change
LAW40760
Law of the ECHR
LAW40780
Law and Governance of the EU
LAW41040
Climate Change Law and Policy
LAW41090
Online Regulation
LAW41150
Immigration & Asylum: Law, Politics & Rights
LAW41310
Placemaking: Urban and Rural Design
PEP40050
Planning, Society and Diversity
PEP40090
Transportation Planning
PEP40210
Urban and Regional Development
PEP40250
Economic and Property Markets
PEP40270
European Environmental Policy
PEP40560
Tools for Sust Development
PEP40610
Research Design & Methods
PEP40640
Urban Env: Risk, Resil, Sust
PEP40700
Environmental Economics & Climate Policy
PEP40830
Public Health Practice
PHPS40040
Health Promotion
PHPS40300
International Political Theory
POL40140
International Political Economy
POL40370
Comparative European Politics
POL40540
Introduction to Statistics
POL40950
Politics of European Governance
POL40970
Politics of Human Rights
POL41020
Theory of Human Rights
POL41030
Dissertation Design
POL41420
Research Design and Case Study Methods
POL41640
The Global Political Economy of Europe
POL41650
The Ethics of Immigration and Citizenship
POL41710
Introduction to Statistics
POL41750
Capital in the 21st century
POL41780
Policing & Social Conflict
SOC40080
Advanced Workshop on the Analysis of Qualitative Research and on Evaluation
SOC40130
Health, Illness and Society
SOC40310
Workshop in Qualitative Research
SOC40330
Race, Space and Place
SOC40610
Global Migration
SOC40670
Quantitative Data Analytics & Applications
SOC40830
Housing and Social Cohesion
SPOL40440
Comparing Healthcare Systems
SPOL40470
Drug Use, Community & Society
SPOL40530
Travellers, Rights & Nomadism
SSJ40040
Multivariate Analysis
STAT40150
Regression Methods
STAT40670
Gender, Inequality and Public Policy
WS40150

Application date

Who should apply?
Full Time option suitable for:
Domestic(EEA) applicants: Yes
International (Non EEA) applicants currently residing outside of the EEA Region. No

Part Time option suitable for:
Domestic(EEA) applicants: Yes
International (Non EEA) applicants currently residing outside of the EEA Region. No

The following entry routes are available:

Grad Dip Public Policy FT (W315)
Duration 1 Years
Attendance Full Time
Deadline Rolling *

Grad Dip Public Policy PT (W316)
Duration 2 Years
Attendance Part Time
Deadline Rolling *

* Courses will remain open until such time as all places have been filled, therefore early application is advised