English-taught postgraduate courses
22 verified programmes - tap any for its own guide.
Health Policy & Management
MScA one-year English master's at Trinity College Dublin in health policy and management - population health, policy and health-system leadership.
Healthcare Management
MScAn online English master's from RCSI's Graduate School of Healthcare Management - leadership and management for health professionals.
Doctoral (PhD) - Medicine & Health Sciences
PhDA research doctorate at Ireland's leading medical universities (RCSI, Trinity, UCD), supervised in English.
Public Health (MPH)
MScEnglish-taught Master of Public Health in Ireland - offered at several leading universities, with specialisations in global health, epidemiology, nutrition and more.
Global Health
MScEnglish-taught global-health master's in Ireland - public-health science applied to health challenges across borders, offered at more than one university.
Epidemiology
MScEnglish-taught epidemiology master's in Ireland - the quantitative science of health and disease in populations, offered at more than one university.
Molecular Medicine
MScAn English MSc in Molecular Medicine at Trinity College Dublin - the molecular basis of disease and translational research.
Clinical Research
MScEnglish-taught clinical research master's in Ireland - design and run high-quality clinical trials and research, offered at more than one university.
Health Data Science
MScAn English MSc in Health Data Science at the University of Galway - turning health data into insight and better care.
Healthcare Informatics
MScAn English MSc in Healthcare Informatics at UCD - the systems and data that run modern healthcare.
Population Health Leadership
MScAn online English MSc from RCSI in population health leadership - the knowledge and leadership to improve population health.
Quality & Safety in Healthcare
MScAn online English MSc from RCSI in quality and safety in healthcare management - safer, higher-quality health services.
Occupational Medicine
MScEnglish-taught occupational medicine / health master's in Ireland - protecting and promoting health at work, offered at more than one university.
Surgery (MCh)
MScEnglish-taught Master of Surgery (MCh) in Ireland - offered at several leading medical schools for doctors building a surgical career, with online and on-campus routes.
Translational Oncology
MScA one-year MSc at Trinity College Dublin in translational oncology - the causes and treatment of cancer, from bench to bedside.
Genomic Medicine (MSc)
MScEnglish-taught MSc in Genomic Medicine in Ireland - generate, interpret and apply genomic data for advanced diagnostics and precision medicine.
Immunology
MScEnglish-taught immunology master's in Ireland - the immune system in health and disease, and immunotherapy, offered at more than one university.
Neuroscience
MScAn MSc in Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin - multidisciplinary training from molecular to behavioural neuroscience.
Pharmaceutical Medicine
MScAn MSc in Pharmaceutical Medicine at Trinity College Dublin - drug development, regulation and the science of medicines.
Biomedical Engineering
MScEnglish-taught biomedical engineering master's in Ireland - engineering for medicine, with medical-device and tissue-engineering options, offered at more than one university.
Regenerative Medicine
MScThe only MSc of its kind in Ireland - Regenerative Medicine at the University of Galway: stem cells, gene therapy and tissue engineering.
Sports & Exercise Medicine
MScEnglish-taught sports & exercise medicine master's in Ireland - the medicine of physical activity, injury and performance, offered at more than one university.
These are taught postgraduate (master's / PhD) programmes in health and medical sciences - for research, public health, health management and academic careers. They are not clinical specialist (residency) training, which is a separate, competitive route through the medical/dental council and hospital training posts. For clinical PG, many Indian doctors specialise back in India via NEET-PG.
Can I specialise - cardiology, surgery, radiology - with a master's in Ireland?
No - and this matters. Becoming a specialist doctor (cardiologist, neurosurgeon, radiologist, psychiatrist, and so on) is not done through a taught master's degree. It happens through specialist (residency) training - years of competitive, supervised hospital training posts governed by Ireland's medical council, largely reserved for EU doctors. There is no "MSc in Cardiology" that makes you a cardiologist, anywhere in the world.
For clinical specialisation, most Indian doctors specialise back home via NEET-PG. What the master's and PhD programmes above do give you is deep academic and research expertise in a medical field - which is a different, and genuinely valuable, path.
The honest rule of thumb:
- Want to practise as a specialist? That's residency/NEET-PG - not a master's.
- Want research, academic or health-system expertise in that field? That's what these degrees are for - e.g. oncology, neuroscience, genomic medicine, or the Master of Surgery (MCh) research route.
Not sure which postgraduate route fits you?
Tell us your degree and goals - we'll give you an honest shortlist, including India's NEET-PG route where it fits better.