Higher Diploma in Science in Computing in Data Analytics

*** 90%/100% funded under Springboard 2023. Apply on www.springboardcourses.ie ***

• You are a Level 8 Graduate from a non-computing background who wishes to enter into a career in computing.

• The aim of the course is to provide you with a broad knowledge of computing, with a specialisation in data analytics.

• This will enable you to apply data analysis techniques to the topics in your original degree.

• It will also provide you with a foundation on which you can develop your skills in the more traditional areas of computing.

• This course is fully online.

The course covers such skills as automating manual spreadsheet-oriented data analysis processes, converting large data sets into actionable information, and creating web-based dashboards for visualising data.

Data Analytics/Data Science is a growing area of employment, with significant future growth also anticipated.

This is well established in various national skills bulletins (e.g. Expert Group on Future Skills Needs).

Update: 9th January 2023. This course is closed for 2023 applications. We are hopeful that it will be funded to run again in 2024. If so, applications will reopen in 2023 (date as yet unknown). If you wish to be notified if and when the course is open again for applications, please enter your details into the Microsoft Form here

Course Start Date:

January 2024 if funded under Springboard+2023.

Delivery Method:

Fully online with recorded lectures, followed by online discussion groups with the lecturers

Application Process:

Applications must be made through www.springboardcourses.ie

The Springboard+ Programme is operated by the Higher Education Authority on behalf of the Department of Education and Skills and is co-funded by the Irish Government and the European Union under the European Structural and Investment Funds Programme 2021-2027.

Contact Us

School:                           School of Science

Department:                   Department of Computing & Applied Physics

Head of Department      Dr. Gareth Roe

Email: Gareth.Roe@atu.ie

Contact person for the course

Peter Butler
Graduate Studies & Professional Development
Galway Mayo Institute of Technology
Dublin Road
Galway 

Phone
091 742328 from 09:00 to 17:00, Monday to Friday

Email:springboard.galwaymayo@atu.ie 

Springboard+ is co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Social Fund as part of the ESF programme for employability, inclusion and learning 2021-2027