All the undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses are validated by QQI and a number of them require application via the Irish CAO system.

Full-time undergraduate QQI level 6, 7 & 8 courses were also validated to receive tax relief under the Irish Governments 1997 Act.

[3] In 2014 the college moved to its new, permanent location occupying the former Marymount Hospice on Wellington Road, overlooking the city.

[5] Computer based exams(CBE) are available in Griffith College Cork for the ACCA, and CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting.

The college runs a variety of QQI validated level 7 and 8 Degrees in Business Studies, Marketing and Accountancy & Finance.

[8] GCC has also run short evening courses in Creative Music Technology and Writing Drama for Radio.

The MSc in International Pharmaceutical Business Management is a QQI Level 9 masters programme which is offered on a full and part-time basis over a 1 or 2.5 year period respectively.