Business - Leadership & Management Practice

As Ireland’s premier provider of executive development open programmes, we can help you master the right skills for the most complex global business challenges with our unique and flexible MSc pathway.



If you’re an experienced professional who wants to continue in your chosen career while undertaking part-time study, then this flexible MSc pathway option will offer you the very best learning experience and a world-class qualification.



Key Benefits

From corporate governance to leadership development, our diplomas deepen your understanding of contemporary business challenges and will help you become a stronger leader who can deal with complex issues in rapidly-changing environments.



Our unique learning method, immersive environment and world-class faculty all come together to deliver a learning experience like no other.



A key feature of the MSc pathway is its flexible timeframe, which enables you to tailor your participation around work-life demands. Whilst each of the individual diplomas takes approximately 10-12 months to complete, we advise participants of a 5-year window within which to complete all three steps and be awarded the MSc in Business (Leadership & Management Practice).

How does it work?

Our MSc in Business (Leadership & Management Practice) comprises 3 steps:

- Successfully complete one of our eight selected 30 credit diploma programmes in the pathway framework

- Successfully complete a second diploma in the pathway

- Successfully complete a third diploma in the pathway



The diplomas within the MSc pathway are as follows:

Professional Diploma in Strategy Development and Innovation

Professional Diploma in Corporate Governance

Professional Diploma in High Performance Sales & Business Development

Professional Diploma in Business & Executive Coaching

Professional Diploma in Leadership Development

Professional Diploma in Business Finance

Professional Diploma in Organisational Change & Transformation

Professional Diploma in Management Excellence

Professional Diploma in Digital Innovation & Transformation

Professional Diploma in Aviation Finance - more information coming soon

Professional Diploma in Artificial Intelligence and Analytics - more information coming soon

To learn more about our MSc pathway and for information on individual diplomas, please contact a member of our team on +353 1 716 8889 or email exec.dev@ucd.ie

A key feature of the MSc pathway is its flexible timeframe, which allows you to tailor your participation around work/life demands. Whereas each of the individual diplomas takes approximately 10-12 months to complete, we advise participants of a 5-year window within which to ideally complete all three steps and be awarded the MSc in Business (Leadership & Management Practice).

To learn more about our MSc pathway and for information on individual diplomas, please contact a member of our team on 01 716 8889