This intensive full-time study programme is designed to correspond to 60 Credits (ie. the equivalent of one year of full-time study) under the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).

The programme will normally offer no fewer than 400 class contact hours, of which a minimum of 75% will be devoted to interpreting practice. In addition, students will be expected to devote time to group practice of simultaneous and consecutive interpreting and other self-directed learning (ie. background reading; use of information sources eg. radio, TV, internet, preparation of glossaries, etc.). The programme is based on the expectation that the number of class contact hours, group work hours and self-directed study may total no less than 1,000 hours.

Interpreting sessions will be conducted by practising/experienced conference interpreters with teaching skills. Where simultaneous interpreting is taught into B, the class will be conducted by an interpreter with an "A" in the target language.