Advanced Practice (Nursing) - Postgraduate Certificate Entry requirements
Key information
Requirements
- Have a minimum of an MSc degree in Nursing or Midwifery or equivalent.
- Be a registered nurse on the current register of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland.
- Be engaged in practice as a registered nurse for at least three of the last five years, with a total of one year's full-time experience in the specific area of practice.
- Applicants are expected to work in a practice setting throughout the programme.
- Applicant must receive endorsement by their Director of Nursing and also identify a professional mentor and a clinical mentor.
- If you don’t meet the standard entry requirements, see Other Entry Considerations below.
Other entry considerations:
We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet the standard entry requirements, as long as you can show that you have the knowledge, skills, and experience needed for the programme.
At UL, we value all kinds of learning and support different ways to qualify through our Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) policy.
If you wish to apply for this Advanced Practice (Nursing) Postgraduate Certificate through our RPL policy, you will also need to complete this form.
International students:
- For details on country-specific qualifications, visit postgraduate entry requirements for international students.
International study visas
Please note that international study visas are only available to students studying full-time in Ireland. This programme does not qualify for a study visa.
Checklist of documents
- *Academic transcripts and certificates – translated if needed
- UL graduates only need to provide their student ID number
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland current registration certificate
- Copy of your birth certificate or passport
- RPL form, if applicable
- Post Registration Clinical Experience Form
- Site Declaration Forms
- Professional Mentor Agreement*
- Clinical Mentor Agreement**
- Director of Nursing Support
*Professional Mentor is a Registered Nurse/Midwife Practitioner, an Assistant Director of Nursing/Midwifery or a Director of Nursing/Midwifery (relevant to your area of advanced practice).
**Clinical mentor is a Consultant or Registered Advanced Nurse/Midwife Practitioner relevant in your area of advanced practice.
English language requirements
- English language competency certificate
- English translation of your qualifications and transcripts
- For details on accepted language qualifications, visit English Language Requirements
Guidelines on completing your application
- To make sure we can review your application quickly, please:
- Upload all documents. Your application can’t be reviewed until we have all the documents on the checklist.
- Title the documents you are uploading. For example, "Clinical Practice Environment Self-Assessment Audit Declaration", "Undergraduate Transcript", "Postgraduate Transcript", "English Language Certificate", etc.
- *If you are waiting to graduate, submit your application with the documents you have to date; you don’t need to have finished final exams before applying.
