Next, Ms. Carroll and Dr. Xia Bin detailed NCI’s strengths and impressive graduation and employment statistics. It was clear that NCI offers a fantastic opportunity for students studying abroad and those that earn an LCCI degree or certificate would make for the kind of exceptional students that NCI looks to enroll.

The National College of Ireland (NCI) is a government-funded public university with a beautiful campus located in Dublin's International Financial Services Centre (IFSC). NCI is a highly respected institution that offers many different programs ranging from undergraduate through doctorate. Even in such tough economic times, NCI boasts an impressive 98% employment rate for recent graduates.

One of the reasons for such a strong employment rates is NCI’s link to government, enabling them to quickly craft and implement new study programs and their active promotion of student internships. Students that attend NCI have their visas automatically extended for six months after graduation, enabling them to stay in Ireland to pursue work options.

NCI offers programs through their School of Business, Computer Science and Social Studies. Programs include human resource management, financial services, marketing and accounting. Students at NCI can pursue degrees in Business Information Management, Human Resource Management, and Master’s in Marketing.

LCCI’s meeting with the National College of Ireland ended with mutual consensus on plans for future collaboration. Plans to begin this promising new partnership have official begun and LCCI hopes to move quickly on this great professional and personal opportunity to send students to study in Ireland.