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Executive Apprenticeships 

Building Ireland's capacity to be world industry leaders through enhancing the skills of its existing workforce.

The 51±¾É« is Ireland's first University to offer a suite of executive apprenticeships from Level 7 Diploma to Level 10 Doctorate. These new executive apprenticeships have been created in collaboration with industry and are aimed at building Ireland's capacity to be world industry leaders through enhancing the skills of its existing workforce. The programmes at UL are designed for people who are already working and wish to gain additional knowledge and experience within their role. As such, all of our participants already have employment contracts that meet or exceed the duration of the apprenticeship. All of the programmes are designed to minimise the employees time away from the workplace using a 70:30 ‘on-the-job’ to ‘off-the-job’ ratio. This is achieved through the use of blended and online programme delivery for maximum benefit. 

An Apprenticeship is a programme of structured education and training which formally combines and alternates learning in the work place with learning in an education or training centre. It is a dual system, a blended combination of on-the-job employer-based training and off-the-job training.

In 2013 the Minister for Education and Skills, announced a review of apprenticeship training in Ireland which resulted in the formation of the Apprenticeship Council and from this the National Apprenticeship System. The 51±¾É« is Ireland's first University to offer apprenticeships from Level 7 Diploma to Level 10 Doctorate under this banner

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We currently offer the following apprenticeships:

• Lean Sigma Manager Masters Level 9
• Supply Chain Associate Diploma Level 7
• Supply Chain Specialist Degree Level 8
• Cybersecurity Practitioner BSc Level 8
• Supply Chain Manager Masters Level 9
• Equipment Systems Engineer Masters Level 9 
• Doctorate Programme Level 10

All apprenticeships are subject to an application and approvals process. 
Fees are highly subsidised for approved applicants and represent 80-90% saving on programmes fees. 

If you are interested in undertaking one of our executive apprenticeships, please contact us on apprenticeships@ul.ie for further information or to speak to a programme manager.

Details on the programmes can be found at www.ul.ie/apprenticeships