Free Skills Courses Boost your career and employability with our FREE skills courses.
Employers across Northern Ireland require highly skilled professionals to drive their business forward.
DfE Skills courses - Skill Up to succeed!
Applications for January 2026 are open.
Supported by the Skills Fund, Delivering the Minister’s Economic Vision.
The Skill Up programme aims to provide reskilling and upskilling opportunities to people across the north which will improve their skills, benefitting their employment opportunities and enhancing Northern Ireland’s continuously growing and diversifying economy.
Working in partnership with the Department for the Economy, we are offering a range of FREE courses to ensure you have the skills and expertise to develop your career.
We have a wide range of courses available across a number of sectors including Business, Education, Green Skills, Hospitality and Tourism, Life and Health Sciences, Software and Digital. Browse through our full list of courses and apply now! Limited places are available across all programmes.
Courses offered are subject to change.
Business and Transversal Skills
Hospitality and Tourism
Software and Digital
Green Skills
Fee Funding Eligibility
To be eligible for a fully funded place under these programmes applicants must meet each of the following criteria :
- are 18 or over at the point of enrolment;
- have a right to work and undertake training in the UK at the point of application and for the duration of the course and must not be disqualified from doing either by reason of their immigration status. Proof of this will be required to progress your application. Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK
- meet the course specific entry requirements. See course pages for requirements.
- meet the Ulster University general entry requirements including competency in English (as evidenced by GCSE Grade C in English or alternative). For English competency, a degree taught in UK or Ireland covers this requirement. If your degree is from outside the UK or Ireland, please see our list of acceptable qualifications or tests.
- are available to register in person at the campus as required.
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