Data Analytics - Professional Diploma

This programme qualifies for up to 100% funding under Springboard+ (only for September intake). See fees section for more details. 

Springboard+ is co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union. Please see www.EUFunds.ie for further details

This programme starts in both September and January. 

Acquire sought-after data analytics skills to enhance your current role or help you move to a new position with UL’s one-year, part-time online Professional Diploma in Data Analytics. 

Co-designed with industry, the programme provides practical skills like data interrogation, visualisation and basic predictive analytics to optimise business performance and make strategic decisions. 

Ideal for those who need to produce reports to make informed decisions, are a team leader tracking team KPIs, or would like to expand their skills in data analytics. 

You will work with datasets from a variety of scenarios, producing interactive digital dashboards and visualisations using R-Shiny and the programming language R.  

This programme will earn 30 ECTS credits towards a Flexible Masters Pathway, allowing students to combine Postgraduate awards to achieve a Master’s over time. 

During this programme, you will

• Acquire practical skills such as data interrogation, visualisation, and predictive analytics using the programming language R.
• Produce interactive digital dashboards and visualisations with R-Shiny.
• Improve critical decision-making using data-driven models and employ modelling to predict future trends in your organisation.
• Develop transferrable skills that enable you to highlight your knowledge and explore what your career might look like in the future, understand the relationship between critical thinking and problem solving in the workplace, and cultivate professional writing skills for effective communication to stakeholders.