Diploma in Business and Financial Economics

Overview

Status: Active
National Framework Of Qualifications (NFQ) Level: 7
NFQ Award Class: Special Purpose Award
Duration Full Time: 1 Academic Year(s)
Total Credits: 60
Delivery Method: In-Person

Connected Curriculum:
  • Global Reach
  • Research Based Teaching
  • Sustainability

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):
  • Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Graduate Attributes:
  • Creator, evaluator and communicator of knowledge
  • Independent and creative thinker

Participating External Partners:
  • BISTU - Beijing Information Science and Technology University
  • BTBU - Beijing Technology and Business University
Work-Integrated Learning (Including Placement):
No

This Diploma is available to students from partner Chinese universities, with whom University College Cork signs a bilateral agreement under Statute 263 of the National University of Ireland. Having studied for three years at a partner Chinese university, students will study for one year at University College Cork, taking the diploma programme to the value of 60 credits.

Students from non-partner institutions will be assessed for eligibility for the programme on a case-by-case basis and will be subject to the approval of the College of Business and Law. 

To be considered for the award of Diploma in Business and Financial Economics a student must have satisfactorily attended, for at least a full academic year, prescribed modules amounting to 60 credits.

Programme Requirements

For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements.