Register of Accredited Programmes
UCC programmes are subject to external examiner review and are benchmarked to provide assurance that our programmes retain or exceed the standard expected. Some programmes are subject to further review by professional or regulatory bodies may result in:
- Professional body accreditation (Professional associations that represent a profession)
- Statutory body accreditation (Regulatory bodies that regulate a profession)
- Recognised for exemptions in subsequent professional exams
- Recognised for partial exemptions in subsequent professional exams
- Recognised for entry to subsequent professional exams
UCC has over 100 programmes that are either fully or partially subject to accreditation by professional or statutory body.
Programmes
Updated 06 February 2025
College of Arts, Celtic Studies & Social Sciences
College of Business and Law
College of Medicine and Health
College of Science, Engineering and Food Science
Centre for Adult Continuing Education
College of Arts, Celtic Studies & Social Sciences
| Programme | CAO code* | Professional Body |
| BA Applied Psychology | CK120 | Psychological Society of Ireland |
| BA Psychology and Computing | CK121 | Psychological Society of Ireland |
| Bachelor of Social Work | CK115 | CORU |
| BA(Early Years and Childhood Studies) | CK111 | Qualification Advisory Board |
| Bachelor of Youth and Community Work | CK114 | North South Education and Training Standards Committee for Youth Work |
| BEd (Gaeilge) | CK124 | Teaching Council of Ireland |
| BEd (Sports Studies and Physical Education) | CK125 | Teaching Council of Ireland |
| BEd (Science Education) | CK413 | Teaching Council of Ireland |
| BSc (Science Education) | CK402 | Teaching Council of Ireland |
| BSc (Science Education) | CK404 | Teaching Council of Ireland |
| BSc (Science Education) | CK406 | Teaching Council of Ireland |
| BSc (Science Education) | CK408 | Teaching Council of Ireland |
| Doctor of Clinical Psychology | CKH99 | Psychological Society of Ireland |
| Higher Diploma in Psychology | CKA01 and CKA46 | Psychological Society of Ireland |
| MA Applied Psychology (Work and Organisational Psychology) | CKD41 and CKD42 | Psychological Society of Ireland |
| Master of Social Work | CKE64 | CORU |
| MPlan Masters in Planning and Sustainable Development | CKE69 | Royal Town Planning Institute |
| MPlan Masters in Planning and Sustainable Development | CKE69 | Irish Planning Institute |
| Postgraduate Diploma in Social Work Studies | CKC06 | CORU |
| Postgraduate Diploma in Youth Work | CKC01 | North South Education and Training Standards Committee for Youth Work |
| Professional Master of Education | PEC01 | Teaching Council of Ireland |
| Professional Master of Education (Art and Design) | CKD25 | Teaching Council of Ireland |
| BSocSc (Youth and Community Work) | CK114 | North South Education and Training Standards Committee for Youth Work (NSETS) |
College of Business and Law
| Programme | CAO code* | Professional Body |
| Business School Accreditation | The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) | |
| Bachelor of Commerce | CK201 | Chartered Accountants of Ireland (ACA) |
| Bachelor of Commerce | CK201 | Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) |
| Bachelor of Commerce | CK201 | Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) |
| BSc International Business with Languages / Bachelor of Commerce International (six entry routes) | CK211,CK205,CK206,CK207, CK208 and CK209 | Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) |
| BSc International Business with Languages / Bachelor of Commerce International (six entry routes) | CK211,CK205,CK206,CK207, CK208 and CK209 | Chartered Accountants of Ireland |
| BSc International Business with Languages / Bachelor of Commerce International (six entry routes) | CK211,CK205,CK206,CK207, CK208 and CK209 | Association of Chartered Certified Accountants |
| BCL Bachelor of Civil Law | CK301 | The Law Society of Ireland |
| BCL Bachelor of Civil Law | CK301 | The Honourable Society of Kings Inns |
| BCL Bachelor of Civil Law (Clinical) | CK301 | The Law Society of Ireland |
| BCL Bachelor of Civil Law (Clinical) | CK301 | The Honourable Society of Kings Inns |
| BCL Bachelor of Civil Law (International) | CK301 | The Law Society of Ireland |
| BCL Bachelor of Civil Law (International) | CK301 | The Honourable Society of Kings Inns |
| BCL Business and Law | CK307 | Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) |
| BCL Business and Law | CK307 | Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) |
| BCL Business and Law | CK307 | The Honourable Society of Kings Inns |
| BCL Law and Business | CK307 | Chartered Accountants Ireland |
| BCL Law and Business | CK307 | The Law Society of Ireland |
| BCL Law and French | CK302 | The Honourable Society of Kings Inns |
| BCL Law and French | CK302 | The Honourable Society of Kings Inns |
| BCL Law and Irish | CK304 | The Law Society of Ireland |
| BCL Law and Irish | CK304 | The Law Society of Ireland |
| LLM Mediation and Dispute Resolution | Chartered Institute of Arbitrators | |
| BSc Accounting | CK202 | Chartered Accountants of Ireland (ACA) |
| BSc Accounting | CK202 | Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) |
| BSc Accounting | CK202 | Certified Public Accountants (CPA) |
| BSc Accounting | CK202 | Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) |
| BSc Business Information Systems | CK203 | Chartered Accountants of Ireland (ACA) |
| BSc Business Information Systems | CK203 | Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) |
| BSc Business Information Systems | CK203 | Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) |
| BSc Finance | CK204 | Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) |
| BSc Finance | CK204 | Chartered Accountants of Ireland |
| BSc Finance | CK204 | Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) |
| Executive MBA | NA | Association of MBAs |
| LLB | CKL13 FT, CKL32, CKL44, CKL45 | The Honourable Society of Kings Inns |
| Master of Accounting | CKL26 | Chartered Accountants of Ireland (ACA) |
| Master of Accounting | CKL26 | Irish Taxation Institute |
| Master of Accounting | CKL26 | Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) |
| MSc Management Information and Managerial Accounting | CKL05 | Association of Chartered Certified Accountants |
| MSc Management Information and Managerial Accounting | CKL05 | Chartered Accountants of Ireland (ACA) |
| MSc Management Information and Managerial Accounting | CKL05 | Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) |
| MBS Management Information and Managerial Accounting | CKL05 | Association of Chartered Certified Accountants |
| MSc Business Economics | CKL06 | Institute of Management Consultants and Advisors |
| MSc Sustainable Development, Agri-Food and Co-operatives | CKL103 | Institute of Management Consultants and Advisors |
| MSc Corporate Finance | CKL21 | Chartered Institute of Management Accountants |
| MSc Corporate Finance | CKL21 | Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) |
| MSc Corporate Finance | CKL21 | Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association |
| MSc Finance (Investment and Asset Management) | CKL40 | Chartered Financial Analysts Institute |
| MSc Finance (Investment and Asset Management) | CKL40 | Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association |
| MSc in Banking and Risk Management | CKL19 | Global Association of Risk Practitioners |
| MSc Management and Marketing | CKL22 | Institute of Management Consultants and Advisors |
| Higher Diploma in Human Resource Management | NA | Chartered Instute of Personel Development (CIPD) |
| MSc Human Resource Management | NA | Chartered Instute of Personel Development (CIPD) |
| MSc Human Resource Management | NA | Society for Human Resource Management |
| MSc Human Resource Management | MSCHRM | Chartered Institute Personnel & Development |
College of Medicine and Health
| Programme | CAO code* | Professional Body |
| Bachelor in Dental Surgery | CK702 | Dental Council of Ireland |
| BPharm/MPharm (2 degrees BPharm after 4 years; MPharm after 5th year) | CK703 | Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland |
| BSC Midwifery | CK740 | Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland |
| BSc Nursing General | CK710 | Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland |
| BSC Nursing Integrated General/Children's | CK712 | Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland |
| BSC Nursing Intellectual Disability | CK730 | Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland |
| BSC Nursing Mental Health | CK720 | Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland |
| BSc Occupational Therapy | CK704 | Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland |
| BSc Speech and language therapy | CK705 | Irish Association of Speech & Language Therapists |
| Certificate Nurse Midwife Prescribing | CKU07 | Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland |
| Diploma in Dental Hygiene | dipdh | Dental Council of Ireland |
| Diploma in Dental Nursing | Dental Council of Ireland | |
| Direct Entry Medicine | CK701 | Irish Medical Council |
| Doctor in Clinical Dentistry Oral Surgery/ Orthodontics | CKZ61 | Dental Council of Ireland |
| Graduate Entry Medicine | CK791 | Irish Medical Council |
| Higher Diploma in Midwifery | MWC01 | Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland |
| MSc Advanced Practice Nursing/Midwifery | CKX46 | Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland |
| MSc Audiology | CKX51 | British Academy of Audiology |
| MSc Diagnostic Radiography | CKX26 | CORU |
| MSc Occupational Health | Institute of Occupational Safety and Health | |
| MSc Physiotherapy | CKX23 | Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists |
| MSc Radiation Therapy | CKX29 | CORU |
| PG Certificate/Diploma in Infection Prevention and Control (Online) | Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland | |
| MSc in Infection Prevention and Control | Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland | |
| PG Certificate Health Protection (online) | Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland | |
| PG Dip Cognitive Behavioural Therapy | CKW21 | Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland Category 2 approval |
| Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health Nursing | CKW01 | Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland |
| BSc Public Health Sciences | CK706 | Agency for Public Health Accreditation |
| Master in Public Health | Agency for Public Health Accreditation |
College of Science, Engineering and Food Science
| Programme | CAO code* | Professional Body | |
| CSEFS | BE (Hons) Civil Structural and Environmental Engineering | CK600 | Engineers' Ireland |
| CSEFS | BE (Hons) Electrical & Electronic Engineering | CK600 | Engineers' Ireland |
| CSEFS | BE (Hons) Energy Engineering | CK600 | Engineers' Ireland |
| CSEFS | BE (Hons) Process and Chemical Engineering | CK600 | Engineers' Ireland |
| CSEFS | BE Process and Chemical Engineering | CK600 | Institution of Chemical Engineers |
| CSEFS | BSc (Hons) Architecture | CK606 | Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland |
| CSEFS | BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science | MT871 | CORU |
| CSEFS | BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science (joint with CIT) | MT871 | Academy of Clinical Science and Laboratory Medicine |
| CSEFS | BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science | MT871 | Institute of Biomedical Science |
| CSEFS | BSc Agricultural Science | CK412 | Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Marine |
| CSEFS | BSc Astrophysics | CK408 | Institute of Physics |
| CSEFS | BSc Chemical Physics BSc (Hons) (Chemical Sciences) | CK406 | Institute of Physics |
| CSEFS | BSc Chemical Physics BSc (Hons) | CK408 | Institute of Physics |
| CSEFS | BSc Chemistry | CK406 | Royal Society of Chemistry |
| CSEFS | BSc Chemistry of Pharmaceutical Compounds | CK402 | Teaching Council |
| CSEFS | BSc Chemistry of Pharmaceutical Compounds | CK402 | Royal Society of Chemistry |
| CSEFS | BSc Chemistry of Pharmaceutical Compounds | CK402 | Institute of Chemistry in Ireland |
| CSEFS | BSc Chemistry with Forensic Science | CK406 | Royal Society of Chemistry |
| CSEFS | BSc Financial Mathematics & Actuarial Science | CK407 | Institute & Faculty of Actuaries |
| CSEFS | BSc Food Science | CK505 | Institute of Food Science and Technology, UK |
| CSEFS | BSc Joint Honours Mathematical Sciences & Physics | CK407, CK408 | Institute of Physics |
| CSEFS | BSc Joint Honours Physics & Applied Mathematics | CK407 | Institute of Physics |
| CSEFS | BSc Nutritional Sciences | CK504 | Association for Nutrition, UK |
| CSEFS | BSc Risk & Actuarial Studies (BTBU 2+2) | Does not use CAO/PAC code | Institute & Faculty of Actuaries |
| CSEFS | BSc Single Honours Physics | CK408 | Institute of Physics |
| CSEFS | M/Architecture | Dr Jason O'Shaughnessy | Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland |
| CSEFS | ME Civil Structural and Environmental Engineering | CK600 | Engineers' Ireland |
| CSEFS | ME Electrical & Electronic Engineering | CK600 | Engineers' Ireland |
| CSEFS | ME Energy Engineering | CK600 | Engineers' Ireland |
| CSEFS | ME Process and Chemical Engineering | CK600 | Engineers' Ireland |
| CSEFS | ME Process and Chemical Engineering | CK600 | Institution of Chemical Engineers |
| CSEFS | MSc Analytical Chemistry | CKR03 | Royal Society of Chemistry |
| CSEFS | MSc Human Nutrition and Dietetics | CKR07 | CORU |
*CAO couse code if applicable
Centre for Adult Continuing Education
| Programme | Professional Body |
| Certificate in Safety, Health and Welfare at Work | Institute of Occupational Safety and Health |
| Postgraduate Diploma in Further, Adult and Community Education | Teaching Council |
| Diploma in Learning and Development Practice | Irish Institute of Training and Development |
| Higher Diploma in in Safety, Health and Welfare at Work | Institute of Occupational Safety and Health |
| MSc in Mindfulness Based Wellbeing | Mindfulness Teachers Association of Ireland |
| MSc Personal and Management Coaching | Association for Coaching |