Digital Marketing Institute

The Digital Marketing Institute[1] is a higher education body in the Republic of Ireland offering further education in the field of digital marketing.

History

The Digital Marketing Institute was founded in 2008 by Ian Dodson and Anthony Quigley, offering educational programmes to students in Ireland. It has since extended its network of countries to accredited training programmes in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Cyprus, Estonia.[2][3] and Ecuador[4] In January 2013, the Digital Marketing Institute also announced that it would be expanding to Malaysia, where the digital marketing sector contributes 9.5% of the country's GDP.[5] Since 2015 Digital Marketing Institute has started its activities in Azerbaijan in partnership with local marketing new portal mak.az. In August 2013, the DMI extended the global reach of its certified digital training through new partnerships with educational institutions in Costa Rica and Panama. The institute partnered with Cenfotec University, which specialises in digital technology studies across its two campuses in Costa Rica and Panama. The partnership course offers accredited programmes with Cisco, Oracle, and IBM.[6] The partnership with Cenfotec University opens the Irish-based institute to 1000 students in Central America.[7] In 2014, DMI extended their programmes to Ecuador, South America, through the Digital Marketing Studio and A+A Consulting.[8]

The Digital Marketing Institute will have trained 11,000 people in digital marketing by the end of 2014.[9]

Location

The Digital Marketing Institute's head office is currently located in Marina House, Clarence Street, Dún Laoghaire, a suburb located south of Dublin

Accreditation

The DMI currently offers a postgraduate diploma as a customized award under the Scottish Qualifications Authority, the executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government responsible for accrediting educational awards.

Programmes

The following courses of study are currently on offer:

Professional programmes

Postgraduate programmes

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References

  1. ↑ Digital Marketing Institute website
  2. ↑ Digital Marketing, Studio. "Digital Marketing Studio".
  3. ↑ Costanza, Tina. "Digital Marketing Institute to create 39 jobs". Silicon Republic. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  4. ↑ Marketing Studio, Digital. "DMS". Digital Marketing Institude. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Kennedy, John. "Digital Marketing Institute signs €2m training deal in Malaysia". Silicon Republic. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "DMI win global contracts worth E2m". Bank of Ireland. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  7. ↑ O'Brien, Ciara. "Digital Marketing Institute teams up with Central American college". The Irish Times. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  8. ↑ Curci, Josefina. "A+A Consulting". A+A Consulting. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "About". Digital Marketing Institute. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  10. ↑ Information about Professional Courses at Digital Marketing Institute

External links

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