The committee established classes in business related skills such as book-keeping, writing, dictating and arithmetic.
Jellicoe gained funds through loans and an appeal which enabled them to create the Queen's Institute for the Training and Employment of Educated Women in 1863.
So the college provided classes in painting and decorative arts which was generally assumed to be an appropriate study for women.
Nobility and even royalty supported the Institute by buying the china which included designs for Belleek and Royal Worcester porcelain from 1870 on where some of the mentors were Herbert Cooper and W. H.
The Royal Dublin Society allowed women to use their facilities including the use of the library and the ability to sit examinations for certificates like similar male students.