International Business with Aviation Studies

An EASA (or equivalent) ATPL. You will also be asked after applying to complete a short learning portfolio with some details of your career. Documentary evidence of the ATPL will be needed.

A full schedule will be available in January for the semester ahead but classes are scheduled at various times during the day. The schedule will vary from semester to semester. We use random times during the day, as given the nature of a pilot’s work, there is no set time that suits all. All material is recorded and available for review immediately after a class has occurred.

No, never. All classes are online and all interactions with MTU are online.

No. Any reading material that is required will be available via MTU’s online library, readily available online or provided by the lecturer.

This varies from semester to semester. Applicants will be advised of any funding options available to them once funding options are confirmed.

No, the only fee is the total cost of €7,000. There are no additional fees or charges unless late payment penalties are applied.

Yes. All MTU awards are mapped to the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ.ie) which in turn is mapped to the European Framework for Qualifications. This allows for mutual recognition and through that world-wide validity. Both NFQ and EFQ are legislation-based entities.

We have designed it with flexibility in mind so there is some leeway with deadlines. At the start of each semester a schedule is published which will help you plan. Where you have particular difficulties around certain deadlines we can offer some support.

There is very limited group work on this programme. The majority of assessments will be individual with some group assessments. There are no terminal examinations. All the assessments have a real world flavour. We try to make them as practical as possible. There is some detail on the assessments in brochure. Some of the skills you need to develop to do the assessments will be developed as the programme progresses.

No, the focus is on general business principles with a slant on international business. We do intend to talk about some case studies from the Aviation sector but we want students to have a broader perspective than that. Your experience in the aviation industry will be useful.

Any undertaking like this takes time. There would be an expectation each week to stay on top of material, to read notes and to work on assignments. This tends to increase as the semester progresses but generally should be manageable. We will give some support around time management and this, coupled with your own discipline, should be enough to help you manage the workload. Everyone learns at different rates – but you should expect to put in approx. 10 hours per week (on average) on top of classes. Many students learn on a part-time basis at CIT and we have designed the programme to reflect what we have found to be manageable based on our experience.

Generally we discourage this as from our experience the workload of two 10 credit modules per semester is already significant for students to manage with their already busy lives. Apart from the six hours of contact lecture time per week, there is additional study time needed along with the time required to complete the continuous assessments. However given the current situation and the face that many applicants may be on reduced/zero work hours there will be an option in Semester 1 to take one additional module.