Professional Diploma in Management

• IMI is in the top 2% of executive education providers worldwide.
• We have been empowering business leaders to build their capabilities for over 70 years.
• We are ranked #1 in Ireland for academic rigour and practical relevance on our Open-Enrolment programmes
• Our full focus is on you, the participant. Through continuous reinvestment, we engage world class faculty to enhance the learning experience and deliver highly contextualised and outcome-led programmes. This provides you with the best opportunity possible to grow your career.

The Diploma is scheduled to commence on 2 November 2026 at the IMI Campus in Dublin. The full schedule of workshops will be published here soon.

• Management and Leadership
• Organisational behaviour
• Strategic People Management
• Financial management
• Marketing
• Business strategy

This programme is for you if you want to broaden your knowledge of all business areas across an organisation and become a leader who empowers effective collaboration and drives growth.  

• A candidate’s eligibility for each Professional Diploma will be determined by a combination of their academic qualifications and/or relevant professional experience.
• A primary degree from a recognised third- level institution (NFQ level 8), with a minimum classification of Second Class Honours, will typically be required with five years relevant work experience, at least 3 of which must be at managerial level, however, prior workplace learning will be recognised where applicants do not meet the academic requirement.
• This experience may come from a general business or organisational background, or experience working at a management level or in the area specifically related to the Professional Diploma. The candidate may be interviewed by the Programme Director. The IMI Office of the Registrar will oversee all applications, and the final decision on any application shall remain with the IMI Registrar.
• All applicants whose first language is not English will be required to show evidence of the successful completion of an IELTS or TOEFL test or equivalent as specified within the application form. The English language requirement when using IELTS is a score of 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each individual section or equivalent.

This is a part-time programme and is based on the standard IMI model of “block release” of three days per month over the typical period of 18 days contact time which is accompanied by directed learning, independent learning, and assessment (totalling between 600 – 900 hours expected participant effort). (Credit is notional. 1 ECT credit requires between 25 and 30 learning hours/hours of participant effort but is frequently around 25 hours.) The three-day blocks are referred to as Facilitated Workshops.

Read our campus information page for details.

If you’re considering taking part in a Professional Diploma you might be interested in approaching your organisation to fund the programme for you.

The combined strength of our academic rigour and commercial focus is the core compelling reason for choosing IMI above other purely academic bodies. For this reason, participants are often successful in securing financial and other forms of support from their organisations due to the practical business-oriented nature of our programmes.

When approached with a request for funding, an organisation may ask key questions like ‘why should we make this investment?’ and ‘what’s in it for us?’ This guide can help you answer these questions, clearly identifying the benefits associated with the programme, the return on investment and the direct positive impacts to your role.

If you need additional support, you can contact a member of the team on [email protected] or 1800 22 33 88 and we will be happy to reach out to your organisation directly on your behalf.

Read more about our guide here.