This full-time one-year programme provides students with an understanding of the digital skills required for a range of industries like web design, software development, games design, programming and digital marketing, among others. Students will also have an option to complete Microsoft Power BI which provides students with an opportunity to be versed in the most up-to-date data visualization software.

CFA at NCAD’s Professional Certificate in Creative Diversity, is a special intensive course. It equips learners with an awareness of equality, diversity, and inclusion within Design, such as the need to decolonise the discipline, while also providing the tools, methods and platforms to enact personal, professional and sectoral change.

Creative Entrepreneurship course will provide you with specialised skills and is aimed at those in the creative arts and craft sectors who wish to learn more about the commercial and cultural aspects of their profession.

This course provides the skills needed to deliver events and exhibitions, build a brand, and develop an understanding of the arts within a wider social, historical, and economic context.

This Professional Certificate in Creative Hospitality introduces the learner to concepts of authenticity and shared experience in their work by adopting the fundamental principles and theories of hospitality, that is the practice of welcoming strangers.

This course provides an industry-focused grounding in theories and practices of Creative Industries and Visual Culture. In the first year, you’ll study a wide range of contemporary issues, including arts policy, management, criticism, media law, and current discussions in the fields of art, design, film, photography, curating, museums, media, aesthetics, gender studies, and postcolonial studies.

Professional Certificate in Creative Learning explores the transformative potential of creative teaching across diverse educational and community settings. Developed for practitioners in creative fields, it enhances collaborative learning environments that value experience-led, practice-based knowledge. Learners are positioned as facilitators and collaborators, gaining tools to co-create innovative learning spaces.

This course develops media and communication theory as well as professional and technical skills through lectures, tutorials, studio workshops, exhibitions, presentations and group work. Individual and team-based project work are essential to acquiring the skills to be successful on this course and in industry. This course will build competencies in key skills in both conventional and new media.

The BA (Hons) in Creative Media places a strong emphasis on creativity, collaboration, design and innovation, and developing students’ practical skills to a high standard. Students are also encouraged to develop the theoretical skills necessary to critically analyse key media issues, both in terms of its technological manifestation and its social impact. 

This course is designed to equip students with the creative skills and imaginative thinking needed to bring their ideas to life through artistic expression. It offers a dynamic and inclusive exploration of creative media, tailored to a diverse range of interests

Whether you’re passionate about the immersive world of gaming, the craft of animation, the art of photography, the precision of desktop publishing, or the innovation of image processing, this programme will spark your creativity and provide you with a well-rounded, practical skill set.

For individuals who want to have an introduction to the key skills needed to work in the Creative Media industry and many other industries, where digital images/video can be used for promotional purposes. A course designed for those who have an interest in computer graphics, digital animation, cinematography, digital film editing and the craft of film production. Students will get a good working knowledge of film production technologies and training in the use of the Adobe Creative Suite of software.

Bring your ideas to life through design, creativity, and technology.

If you love being creative and want to explore careers in graphic design, web design, or game design, this course is the perfect starting point. The Creative Media & Game Design programme is packed with hands-on projects and real-world skills that will help you turn your creativity into a career.

This course is ideal for beginners or enthusiasts who are passionate about creative media and want to learn how to bring their ideas to life using the latest technology.

This course is designed to equip the learner with a high level of practical knowledge, skill and competence within a broad range of subjects related to the dynamic digital media and web design industry. The range of industries represented by digital media production includes media such as film and television, digital marketing, digital publishing, animation and digital games.

This course equips you with industryrelevant skills Creative Media. Master tools for digital editing, web authoring, and audio production, and learn how to deliver professional-quality content for today’s digital platforms. Develop expertise in image processing and digital photography to produce visuals that captivate audiences.

With valuable work experience opportunities, you’ll build the skills and portfolio needed to succeed in the competitive creative and commercial media sectors or continue your journey to Higher Education.

Learn from some of the finest industry practitioners in the contemporary music scene. This unique programme has some of Ireland’s leading commercial recording studios and performance spaces as teaching facilities.

This course is exclusively for mature students with intellectual disabilities with an interest in film, animation, photography and design.

This program focuses on the technical and artistic mastery of portraiture, studio lighting, and digital post-processing. Tailored for aspiring photographers, the course emphasizes the creation of a professional portfolio, equipping students with the high-end editing skills and controlled lighting techniques necessary to excel in commercial, editorial, and freelance photography environments.

The primary purpose of this award is to equip learners with the essential knowledge, skill, and competence required to operate confidently within a dynamic creative media setting. Balancing foundational marketing principles and media analysis with hands-on technical training, the course empowers students to develop their creative vision using modern computing tools and industry-standard software. The curriculum is deliberately structured to foster professional independence and individual initiative within a supported learning environment, establishing a robust dual pathway that prepares graduates for immediate entry-level media roles or seamless progression to advanced higher education and training programs.

Creative Video & Audio course will provide you with highly specialised skills aimed at media makers who have an interest in either setting up their own audiovisual practice, gaining employment, or accessing further education. This course integrates video, sound and music technologies in a structured environment.

The course will equip students with practical skills in the creative design, production and editing of media along with legal and business skills. Students will have a comprehensive portfolio of course work on completion.

The BFA program examines all of the main areas of creative writing, with introductory courses on the discipline as a whole, courses on the technical requirements and the analysis of creative writing, and specific courses exploring the practical aspects of composing novels, short stories, poems, scripts and screenplays. As the student progresses, the program makes increasing use of the workshop method of teaching, and in the final stages there are opportunities for approved students to undertake extended independent writing projects. The student may combine the major in creative writing with other majors offered by the institution, depending on his or her interests; these include performing arts, liberal arts and international business, either as a double major or as minors.

This one year course provides an extensive introduction to a wide range creative writing, media, literature, and culture.

Participants will produce writing for fiction, scripts for theatre, television, radio, and film, as well as for journalism. Students will be introduced to a wide range of literature appropriate to all modules on offer, and there are numerous opportunities to attend theatre productions, films, media events, and other cultural events throughout the year.

On completion, each student will have an exciting portfolio, a selection of which will be professionally published in the end of year publication.

The BA in Creative Writing and English offers you the opportunity to develop critical and creative skills within one programme, which is innovative not only for its integration of two intertwined subjects, but for its industry links and its teaching practices.

Graduates of the BA in Creative Writing and English will be equipped with: skills in creative thinking; the ability to formulate, present and disseminate complex issues; excellent communication skills; a highly-tuned sensitivity to language usage; the ability to tell and organise stories in compelling ways; an understanding of how to inhabit alternative viewpoints and outlooks. As such, graduates of the programme will be well- prepared for the world of work and will have the capacity to be flexible, inventive and adaptable in their chosen careers.

Course Duration: 3 years (4 with Erasmus/Study Abroad)