The Graduate Diploma/Masters Degree in Quality Management programme will provide people with the necessary skills to develop TQM in Irish organisations.
Quality Manager, Process Engineer, Audit Controller, Process Improvement Manager, Team Leader.
Programme Content
Year 1 Semester 1: Total Quality Management 1, Quality Science 1, Project 1, Information Management, Management Principles Semester 2: Human Resources Management, Quality Management 2, Quality Science 2, Project 2, Knowledge Management
The most important part of the study programme is the project, which runs throughout both semesters. The project should be industry-based requiring students to spend one day per week working with an organisation on a quality related initiative, e.g. implementing quality systems, generating training programmes for various levels of the workforce, introducing capability studies, Statistical Process Control, developing suitable quality related software, etc. The projects may continue during the summer months with a submission date in September.
Year 2 Dissertation.
Entry Requirements
Normally a first or second class Honours Primary degree (Level 8 - National Qualifications Authority of Ireland) or equivalent or primary degree (Level 8 NQAI) plus experience.
WHAT TO INCLUDE WITH YOUR APPLICATION:
Qualification transcripts and certificates
English language qualification if English is not your first language
Certified English translations of your transcripts/certificates where the originals are in a language other than English.
A copy of your birth certificate (long document).
English Language Requirements
Applicants whose first language is not English must provide evidence of either prior successful completion of a degree qualification taught through the medium of English or meet one of the criteria below (no longer than two years prior to application):
Acceptable English Language qualifications include the following:
Matriculation examinations from European countries where English is presented as a subject and an acceptable level is achieved
Irish Leaving Certificate English –Ordinary Level Grade D or above
IELTS – Minimum score of 6.5* for Business, Arts, Humanities or Education programmes. Minimum score of 6.0* for Science, Engineering, Informatics or Electronics programmes *with no less than 6 in any one component.
English Test for English and Academic Purposes (ETAPP) – Grade C1
GCE ‘O’ level English Language/GCSE English Language – Grade C or above
University of Cambridge ESOL –Certificate of Proficiency in English - Grade C / Certificate in Advanced English - Grade A
GCE Examination Boards – Oxford Delegacy of Local Examinations – Grade C / Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate – School Certificate Pass 1-6 / University of London Entrance and School Examinations Council – School Certificate Pass 1-6
Results in examinations other than those listed above may also be accepted as meeting our English language requirements. Contact the International Education Division for advice.
