MSc in DevOps

Schedule

The programme will start with a 2 day workshop which will involve all participants being physically present.  This is seen as important to facilitate networking, experience sharing and group learning.

Lectures are held on two evenings per week. In the first year, the lecturers are normally Tuesday and Thursday from 6.30 to 9.00 pm. Videos of the lecture are available to view afterwards. There will also be a requirement to attend one on-campus day at the end of each semester.

Orientation and lectures are provisionally scheduled for Friday, 19th and Saturday, 20th of January 2024 from 9am-5pm. Orientation and lectures always take place on Friday and Saturday within the last two weeks of January. The official dates will be confirmed in September 2023.

The minimum entry requirement for standard entrants to the course is a 2:2 (GPA 2.5 or equivalent), in a Bachelor of Science in Computing (Level 8) or a cognate discipline or equivalent.

Candidates who do not meet this minimum entry requirement, the college operates a  Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) scheme whereby applicants may be considered based on relevant work or other experiences.

For applicants whose first language is not English, please note the English language entry requirements.

Fees

The fee structure is due to change for the 2024 intake. Fees for 2023 are listed below for reference.

Course fee per annum: €2,750
Skillnet grant per annum: €1,055
Student fee per annum: €1,695
*Part-funded fees are only available to eligible applicants.

Please click the “Apply Now” button at the top of this page and submit a copy of your CV for the first stage of screening.

The following documents will be required at the second stage of the application process:

i) Transcripts of your Primary Degree OR Industry Certifications.

ii) If you are an international student, i.e. did third level education in a different country where English is not the first language then we need your English Language certification.

Click here for details with regard to the English Language requirement component.

iii) A letter from your company confirming your current role.

The deadline for applications is 7th December 2023

Semester 1: Business Technology, Strategy, IT Infrastructure & Automation

Semester 2: Continuous Software Delivery, Human & Organisational Issues

Semester 3: Advanced IT Infrastructure for DevOps and DevOps in Practice

Semester 4: Research Methods, Research Project

Melanie Howes, Vistatec

Embarking on a part-time Master’s course is a big time commitment but I’m really enjoying it. I’ve found the lecturers in TU Dublin (Tallaght Campus) to be very knowledgeable and helpful. The course is teaching me an end-to-end technical DevOps skillset combined with a business focus that I can use immediately in my daily work. There are a lot of technologies to consider for DevOps and the course has helped me realise not only which ones are the most useful for my business but also that DevOps is as much about people as it is about technology.

Dave Hill, Dun & Bradstreet

The online M.Sc in DevOps was the ideal delivery method for me to upskill for work, with online lectures recorded, giving me the flexibility to deal with my day job and family life. The content has been informative and covers core concepts from the foundations to case studies in enterprise implementation. The combination of establishing how a DevOps focused organization operates, coupled with some of the latest and greatest DevOps tools has given me the ability to affect real change in my organization and already had a healthy impact on our release cadence and bottom line. I’d recommend this course to anyone who is regularly frustrated in IT and is looking for solid, implementable change strategies and the technical ability to enforce these changes.

Conor Tolan, Liberty IT

This course has given me to opportunity go deeper on the DevOps topics that are relevant in the industry today. For example exploring the justifications behind implementing CI/CD or exploring the pros and cons of implementing DevOps teams and strategies for handling the associated culture changes has been beneficial to my day job. We are dealing with these same issues. Having covered these topics on the course gives me the background to speak with more authority when there are decisions to be made. There is obviously a challenge to adding to taking on an additional workload, but the flexibility of attending the classes online has made it so much easier. I can be listening to the lecture and not far from the kids if needed.

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