Courses

New Masters & Postgraduate Programmes
Each year, our academic teams research and develop new postgraduate courses that aim to extend our portfolio and to support upskilling in a range of areas in demand by industry, enterprise and the community.

New Courses for September 2025

Master of Science | Full-Time | On-Campus | 1 year | Galway City

Master of Engineering | Full-Time | On-Campus | 18 months | Donegal

Master of Science | Part-Time | Online | 2 years | Sligo
New Course Pathway: Sustainability and Climate Reporting
Build your Masters degree at your own pace, stacking your credits over time.
- Postgraduate Diploma in Science in Sustainability and Climate Reporting
- Postgraduate Certificate in Climate Action and Greenhouse Gas Reporting
- Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainability and Transformative Change
- Certificate in Blanket Peatland Restoration (Level 9 – 10 credit)
New Courses for 2026

Master of Science | Full-Time | Blended | 1 year | Galway City | Starting September 2026

Master of Arts | Part-Time | Online | 2 years | Galway City, Wellpark Road | Starting September 2026

Master of Science | Full-Time or Part-Time | Online | 1 year | Donegal | Starting Summer 2026
New co-delivered, funded Masters for Sept ’25 – the MBS in Responsible Entrepreneurship
ATU is delighted to partner with Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT), Munster Technological University (MTU), Technological University of the Shannon (TUS), and University College Cork (UCC), on the co-delivery of a new Masters programme, the Master of Business in Responsible Entrepreneurship.
Fully funded under the HEA’s REsPoNSE initiative (Responsible Entrepreneurship and the Promotion of Novel Approaches to Sustainable Enterprise), this course aims to help you become the entrepreneurial changemakers of the future. Through the programme, you can choose to create a business that is responsible, sustainable and of benefit to society OR develop the relevant entrepreneurial and responsibility awareness skills to work in a sustainability/responsibility role within an existing business.
This programme is available on a one-year full-time basis. While delivered mostly online over two days per week, there will be some requirement for in person attendance at our various partner campuses.
Now accepting applications for September 2025

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