Postgraduate Diploma in Co-operative Organisation Food Marketing and Rural Development

The Postgraduate Diploma in Co-operative Organisation, Food Marketing and Rural Development is a postgraduate full-time course, and extends over one year. The Diploma course was successfully launched for the first time in October, 1990 with an intake of 30 students.

Subjects in the Programme include:

• Co-operative principles and structural characteristics
• Economic and financial aspects of co-operatives
• Decision-making and management in co-operatives
• Food marketing skills and techniques
• Theories and techniques of rural development.

The programme is highly relevant to those seeking employment opportunities in areas such as:

• Co-operative marketing
• Food Marketing
• Policy making for rural development
• Rural development organisations
• Academic/research careers

The course is open to graduates from a wide range of disciplines including Food Business, Food Science, Economics, Sociology, Psychology, Geography, Law, Commerce and Agricultural Science. Applications are also welcome from mature graduates currently employed in co-operatives or other development organisations who can arrange a one year leave of absence to attend the Diploma Course.

Since its inception in 1990, the Course has attracted students from France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Poland, Czech Republic, Sweden, Malaysia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Nigeria, United Kingdom and the United States in addition to Irish Students

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