Health & Medicine

Take the next step in your career

Healthcare professionals and researchers seeking to advance their knowledge and grow their career in the healthcare sector will find postgraduate, professional and micro-credential programmes at 51�� to match their ambitions. Our programmes are designed to help students further develop their clinical skills, technical expertise and research skills required for success in the increasingly evolving and complex healthcare industry.

Featured Programmes

Clinical and Community Psychology MSc

Nursing & Midwifery

Advanced Healthcare Practice MSc

Participatory Health Research - Professional Diploma

Applied Sports Coaching MSc

Health Professions Education MSc

Browse UL's Full-time, Part-time and Micro-credential offering below.

Programme Name
Advanced Clinical Practice - Postgraduate Certificate
Advanced Healthcare Practice - MSc
Applied Sports Coaching MSc
Bioprocessing (Online)- MSc
Biomoleuclar Science (online) - MSc
Clinical and Community Psychology MSc
Clinical Psychology Doctorate Programme
Community Research MA
Design for Health and Wellbeing - MSc
Functional Foods and Product Development - MSc
Functional Foods and Product Development - Postgraduate Diploma
Health Informatics MSc
Healthcare Practice - Professional Doctorate
Health Professions Education - MSc
Human Nutrition and Dietetics, MSc
Human Performance and Innovation - Professional Doctorate
Medicine (Graduate Entry)
Mental Skills and Mental Health in Sports and Exercise MSc
Molecular and Analytical Biosciences - MSc
Music Therapy MA
Nursing - MSc
Nursing (Dementia Care) - MSc
Nursing (Perioperative Care) - MSc
Nursing (Psychosocial Interventions in Mental Health Care) - MSc
Nursing (Respiratory Care) - MSc
Occupational Therapy (Professional Qualification) MSc
Perinatal Mental Health - MSc
Physiotherapy (Professional Qualification) MSc
Psychological Science MSc (Psychology) including online option
Psychology - Diploma
Psychology MA
Psychology of Global Mobility, Inclusion and Diversity in Society - Master of Erasmus Mundus
Public Health - MSc
Speech and Language Therapy (Professional Qualification) MSc
Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology (MSc)
Sports Performance - MSc

Programme Name	Funding Options	MicroCred Pathway
Advanced Clinical Practice - Postgraduate Certificate	Springboard+	MicroCred Option
Advanced Healthcare Practice - MSc		MicroCred Option
Advanced Practice (Midwifery) - MSc		MicroCred Option
Advanced Practice (Midwifery) - Postgraduate Certificate
Advanced Practice (Midwifery) - Postgraduate Diploma
Advanced Practice (Nursing) - MSc		MicroCred Option
Advanced Practice (Nursing) - Postgraduate Certificate		MicroCred Option
Advanced Practice (Nursing) - Postgraduate Diploma
Applied Sports Coaching MSc
Bioprocessing (Online) MSc
Biomolecular Science (Online) MSc
Community Engagement - Professional Diploma
Design for Health and Wellbeing - MSc
Drug & Alcohol Studies - Diploma (Online)
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - Graduate Certificate/ Graduate Diploma
Functional Foods and Product Development - MSc
Functional Foods and Product Development Postgraduate Diploma
Health and Safety - Professional Diploma	Springboard+	MicroCred Option
Health Professions Education - MSc		MicroCred Option
Healthcare Practice - Professional Doctorate		MicroCred Option
Healthcare Product and Service Development (Professional Diploma)
Human Performance and Innovation - Professional Doctorate
Infection Prevention and Control Leadership - MSc		MicroCred Option
Intermediary Studies - Professional Diploma		MicroCred Option
Nursing - MSc		MicroCred Option
Nursing (Dementia Care) - MSc		MicroCred Option
Nursing (Nurse/Midwife Prescribing) - Certificate
Nursing (Older Person) - MSc		MicroCred Option
Nursing (Palliative Care) - MSc		MicroCred Option
Nursing (Perioperative Care) - MSc		MicroCred Option
Nursing (Psychosocial Interventions in Mental Health Care) - MSc		MicroCred Option
Nursing (Respiratory Care) - MSc
Perinatal Mental Health - MSc		MicroCred Option
Posture, Seating and Wheelchair Mobility Across the Life Course -Postgraduate Certificate		MicroCred Option
Participatory Health Research - Professional Diploma
Public Health - MSc
Psychology - Diploma
Regulatory Affairs in (Bio)Pharmaceuticals - Professional Diploma
Sociology (Youth, Community & Social Regeneration) MA
Sociology and Data Analytics - MSc
Sports Performance - MSc

MicroCred Page Link	NFQ Level	Credits	Delivery Mode	Duration (weeks )	Intake
Advanced Assessment in Respiratory Nursing	9	9	Blended	12	Autumn
Application of Psychology to Social Issues	8	6	Online	12	Spring
Applications of Psychology for Real Life	8	6	Online	12	Autumn
Assessment in Health Professions Education	9	6	Online	6	Spring
Communication and Interpreting the Irish Healthcare System	8	6	Blended	6	Autumn
Data Analytics for Cancer Real World Data Research	9	9	Online	6	Autumn
Design Research	9	9	Blended	12	Autumn
Health Professional Leadership	9	15	Blended	12	Spring
Health Promotion in Healthcare Practice	9	9	Blended	12	Spring
Health Research Methods and Methodology	9	12	Blended	12	Autumn
Infection Prevention and Control in HealthCare	9	9	Blended	12	Autumn
Intercultural Awareness in Diverse Health and Social Care Settings	8	6	Blended	6	Autumn & Spring & Summer
Intercultural Care	9	9	Blended	12	Spring
Introduction to Participatory Health Research for Public & Patient Involvement	9	6	Online	6	Autumn
Introduction to Real World Data in Cancer Clinical Research	9	9	Online	6	Summer
Leadership in Health Professional Education	9	9	Blended	6	Summer
Leading and Managing Infection Prevention and Control	9	9	Blended	12	Spring
Leading and Managing Practice	9	9	Blended	12	Autumn
Management and Co-Ordination of Gerotology Care	9	9	Blended	12	Spring
Methods in Participatory Health Research I	9	6	Blended	12	Autumn
Perinatal Bereavement and Loss	9	9	Blended	12	Spring
Philosophical Underpinnings of Gerontology Care	9	9	Blended	12	Autumn
Practical and Research in Psychology 2	8	6	Online	12	Spring
Practical and Research Psychology 1	8	6	Online	12	Autumn
Principles of Palliative Care in Practice	9	9	Blended	12	Autumn
Principles of Primary and Community Care	9	9	Blended	12	Autumn
Principles Underpinning Dementia Care	9	9	Blended	12	Autumn
Principles Underpinning Perioperative Nursing	9	9	Blended	12	Autumn
Promoting Quality and Safety in Healthcare	9	12	Blended	12	Spring
Psychosocial Intervention in Mental Health Care	9	9	Blended	12	Spring
Public and Patient Involvement Summer School	9	3	In Person	2 Days	Summer
Research in Health Professions Education	9	12	Online	12	Autumn
Safety Planning and Risk Management in HealthCare	9	9	Blended	12	Spring
Supporting Perinatal Mental Health	9	9	Blended	12	Autumn
Sustainable Wheelchair Provision	9	9	Blended	12	Autumn
Theoretical Underpinnings of Practice Based Inquiry	9	15	Blended	6	Autumn
Theories of Psychosocial Assessment and Care	9	9	Blended	12	Autumn
Therapeutic Engagement	9	9	Blended	12	Spring
Therapeutic Interventions in Dementia Care	9	9	Blended	12	Spring
Therapeutic Interventions in Palliative Care	9	9	Blended	12	Spring
Therapeutic Interventions in Respiratory Nursing	9	9	Blended	12	Spring
Tracheostomy Care	9	9	Blended	12	Spring
Translational Research	9	15	Blended	6	Autumn