IDA, the government agency responsible for attracting inward investment, together with Minister Bruton and his Department announced that they have helped secure 70 individual projects to date in 2013, compared to 61 at this stage last year. Of the 70 projects, 35 have come from companies deciding to invest in Ireland for the first time. Technology, life sciences and international financial services sectors are the key growth area.

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton TD commented “A key part of the Government’s plans for jobs and growth is targeting increased employment creation from the FDI sector, and in 2012 we have seen record growth with more than 12,000 jobs created by multinational companies. Today’s results show that this strong trend is continuing in the first half of 2013, with an increased number of investments which will create 7,000 jobs"

Among the companies who announced job creation plans in the first half of 2013, or plans to place fresh investment into Ireland, were:

Ebay, EMC, McAfee, Pfizer, Sanofi, Symantec, Zurich, Huawei, Yahoo, Facebook, Vistakon, Guidewire, Squarespace, Groupon, Qualcomm, Novartis, Nypro, AOL and FireEye.

DBS offers programmes at level 6, 7 and 8 in the following areas:

POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES

Whether you have completed an honours degree in Business, Psychology, Accounting & Finance or Social Science we have a course for you.

DBS offers the following Business programmes for graduates of all disciplines commencing in September 2013:

• Master of Business Administration
• MBA streams in Marketing, HRM, Finance, Information Systems, Project Management, Cloud Computing
• MSc in Management Practice
• Higher Diploma in Business (Information Systems or HRM stream)

DBS offers the following Business programmes designed for graduates of a cognate discipline:

• MSc in Marketing
• MSc in Marketing (Digital Media Stream)
• MSc in Accounting & Finance
• MSc in Accounting & Finance (Financial Services Stream)
• MSc Computing & Information Systems

We also offer the following postgraduate programme from our School of Arts:

• MA in Addiction Studies

For further information on any of these programmes including programme structure, course content (including module descriptions), fees or payments methods and application procedures you can visit our website or alternatively contact a member of our international team.

Please be aware that in addition to our Open Events, you may call into 13/14 Aungier Street, Dublin 2, Monday to Friday from 8.45am - 5.15pm.

There is no need to make an appointment. Simply just drop in to Reception and a member of our Admissions team would be delighted to help you with any outstanding queries. You can also contact us on 353 1 4177500, or by e-mail on international@dbs.ie

Why not contact us with some questions and take the first step in upskilling and enhancing opportunities for you.