Why do a Postgrad in Education & Health Sciences at UL?

The world of health and education has been transformed by new technologies and innovative approaches to training. Digital technologies are driving changes in health, and postgraduates can choose to specialise in exciting new areas.

Courses in UL's Faculty of Education & Health Sciences combine an interesting range of topics – including psychology, teaching, sport, allied health and medicine – with a strong vocational focus on industry trends.

Links to local businesses and state-of-the-art facilities give students real-world learning experience, including school-based teaching with the ‘School University Partnership’ and UL’s close partnership with University Hospital Limerick. Faculty facilities include a Midwifery lab, an Occupational Therapy lab and a Cognition lab for psychology students.

A postgrad at UL will help future professionals develop their own Unique Language, to enable them to follow a specialist career in the field of health or education. 

Download your essential guide to a postgraduate in Education & Health Sciences here - including expert advice, courses, and careers.

Find your course

Course Title Duration
Advanced Clinical Practice - Postgraduate Certificate 1 Year Part-Time / 1 Year Full-Time
Advanced Healthcare Practice - MSc 1 Year Full-Time / 2 Years Part-Time
Advanced Practice (Midwifery) - MSc 2 Years, Part-Time
Advanced Practice (Midwifery) - Postgraduate Certificate 1 Year, Part-Time
Advanced Practice (Midwifery) - Postgraduate Diploma 2 Years, Part-Time
Advanced Practice (Nursing) - MSc 2 Years, Part-Time
Advanced Practice (Nursing) - Postgraduate Certificate 1 Year, Part-Time
Advanced Practice (Nursing) - Postgraduate Diploma 2 Years, Part-Time
Applied Sports Coaching MSc 2 Years, Part-Time
Clinical Psychology Doctorate Programme 3 Years, Full-Time
Education - Master of Education (MEd) 2 Years, Part-Time
Education - School Leadership - Master of Education 1 Year, Part-Time
Educational Leadership (International) - Master of Education 2 Years, Part-Time
Guidance Counselling & Lifespan Development MA 2 Years, Part-Time
Health Professions Education - MSc 2 Years, Part-Time
Healthcare Practice - Professional Doctorate 3 Years Full-Time, 6 Years Part-Time
Human Nutrition and Dietetics, MSc 2 Years, Full-Time
Human Performance and Innovation - Professional Doctorate 4 years, Part-Time
Infection Prevention and Control Leadership - MSc 2 Years, Full-Time taken on a Part-Time basis
Mathematics for Teaching (Level 8) - Professional Diploma 2 Years, Part-Time
Medicine (Graduate Entry) 4 years
Mental Skills and Mental Health in Sports and Exercise MSc 1 Year, Full-Time
Nursing (Dementia Care) - MSc 2 Years, Full-Time taken on a Part-Time basis
Nursing (Nurse/Midwife Prescribing) - Certificate 6 Months
Nursing (Older Person) - MSc 2 Years, Full-Time taken on a Part-Time basis
Nursing (Palliative Care) - MSc 2 Years, Full-Time taken on a Part-time basis
Nursing (Perioperative Care) - MSc 2 Years, Full-Time taken on a Part-Time basis
Nursing (Psychosocial Interventions in Mental Health Care) - MSc 2 Years, Full-Time taken on a Part-Time basis
Nursing (Respiratory Care) - MSc 2 Years, Full-Time taken on a Part-Time basis
Nursing - MSc 2 Years, Full-Time taken on a Part-Time basis
Occupational Therapy (Professional Qualification) MSc 2 Years, Full-Time
Optimisation of Health for Performance in Irish Dancers - Postgraduate Certificate 1 Year, Part-Time
Participatory Health Research - Professional Diploma 1 Year, Part-Time
Perinatal Mental Health - MSc 2 Years, Full-Time taken on a Part-Time basis
Physiotherapy (Professional Qualification) MSc 2 Years, Full-Time
Posture, Seating and Wheelchair Mobility Across the Life Course -Postgraduate Certificate 1 Year, Part-Time
Professional Master of Education 2 Years, Full-Time
Professional Practice - Masters 1 Year, Part-Time
Psychological Science MSc (Psychology) 1 Year, Full-Time
Psychology - Diploma 1 Year, Full-Time
Psychology MA 1 Year, Full-Time
Psychology of Global Mobility, Inclusion and Diversity in Society - Master of Erasmus Mundus 2 Years, Full-Time
Public Health - MSc 1 Year Full-Time / 2 Years, Part-Time
Education - School Leadership - Postgraduate Diploma 18 Months, Part-Time
Speech and Language Therapy (Professional Qualification) MSc 2 Years, Full-Time
Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology (MSc) 1 Year, Full-Time
Sports Performance - MSc 1 Year Full-Time / 2 Years Part-Time