Griffith College Limerick
| An Coláiste Uí Ghríofa, Luimnigh | |
| Established | 2006 (MWBI 1988) |
|---|---|
| President | Diarmuid Hegarty |
| Students | 800 |
| Address |
O Connell Avenue Limerick Ireland, Limerick, Ireland |
| Affiliations | HETAC, HECA, QQI, ACCA |
| Website | http://www.griffith.ie |
Griffith College Limerick (GCL) is a private college in Limerick city, Ireland. The college was established in 2006 when the Mid West Business Institute was acquired by Griffith College. The college runs full-time and part-time courses in accountancy, business, law, engineering, computing, and information technology, and has a range of part-time courses available.
Originally located in the Old Town Hall, Rutland Street, Limerick, it moved to a newer and larger premises on 31 / 32 Upper William Street, Limerick, on December 2008. The new building was officially opened by the Minister of Defence Willie O'Dea T.D. on 23 January 2009. In 2013 the college moved from Upper William Street to the site of the former HSI Limerick Business School on O Connell Avenue.
The college offers professional accountancy full and part-time programmes for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and the Accounting Technicians Ireland as well as the ACCA Diploma in Financial Management. Griffith College Dublin – School of Professional Accountancy runs the Chartered Accountant (ACA) course in Limerick with lectures at Mary Immaculate College. As of 2009, ACCA part-time programmes are conducted by lecturers from the Professional Accountancy Department at Griffith College Cork in Limerick; these are papers F4 to F9, P1 to P3, P6, and P7. Similarly, Certified Public Accountant (CPA) programmes Formation 2, Professional 1, and Professional 2 are also available in Limerick.
The college runs a number of full-time courses in Business validated by HETAC as well as full and part-time Institute of Commercial Management (ICM) and Business And Technology Education Council (BTEC) courses in Marketing, Human Resources Management, Travel and Tourism, Sports Management, and Office Administration. Students can earn a BA (Hons) in Accounting and Finance (HETAC), a Higher Certificate in Business and Business Administration. The college is on the Central Applications Office (CAO) system. In 2009, a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management (NCC Education), part of a programme leading to an MBA awarded by the University of Gloucestershire, commenced.
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