The two year part-time Higher Certificate (Level 6) in Applied Addiction Studies has been developed in partnership with Athlone Institute of Technology. On successful completion the course leads directly to a one year part-time BA (Level 7) in Applied Addiction Studies. Both courses are accredited by the Athlone Institute of Technology/Hetac.

The courses additionally satisfy the Training and Education criteria set down by the Irish Association of Alcohol and Addiction Counsellors (IAAAC) for professional accreditation as an Addiction Counsellor. On completion of this course, and providing all other criteria are fulfilled (supervision and clinical work experience ), successful participants will be able to seek professional accreditation as an Addiction Counsellor with the IAAAC.