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Courses
Courses
Choosing a course is one of the most important decisions you'll ever make! View our courses and see what our students and lecturers have to say about the courses you are interested in at the links below.
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University Life
University Life
Each year more than 4,000 choose NUI Galway as their University of choice. Find out what life at NUI Galway is all about here.
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About NUI Galway
About NUI Galway
Since 1845, NUI Galway has been sharing the highest quality teaching and research with Ireland and the world. Find out what makes our University so special – from our distinguished history to the latest news and campus developments.
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Colleges & Schools
Colleges & Schools
NUI Galway has earned international recognition as a research-led university with a commitment to top quality teaching across a range of key areas of expertise.
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Research
Research
NUI Galway’s vibrant research community take on some of the most pressing challenges of our times.
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Business & Industry
Guiding Breakthrough Research at NUI Galway
We explore and facilitate commercial opportunities for the research community at NUI Galway, as well as facilitating industry partnership.
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Alumni, Friends & Supporters
Alumni, Friends & Supporters
There are over 90,000 NUI Galway graduates Worldwide, connect with us and tap into the online community.
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Community Engagement
Community Engagement
At NUI Galway, we believe that the best learning takes place when you apply what you learn in a real world context. That's why many of our courses include work placements or community projects.
Postgraduate

Our postgraduate programmes will equip you with the knowledge and skills to further your personal and professional goals, providing you with opportunities for role expansion and improving healthcare in your area of practice.
Choose an option that suits you
Our range of Specialist Masters/Postgraduate Diplomas in Health Sciences programmes allow you to complete your Masters qualification in two years, with the first year focused on the taught element and the second year on the completion of a research thesis. You can also coose a Professional Credit Award and complete stand-alone module or modules. Several postgraduate research programmes are also available.
Benefit from Blended Learning
With a combination of online and face-to-face learning, our programmes are accessible to health professionals with full-time work committments.
Learn from experts
You will learn from academics with a wealth of teaching, research and clinical expertise, dedicated to shaping practice and the health service of the future.
Deepen your knowledge
Invest in postgraduate study and deepen your knowledge and skills and gain a specialist qualification in nursing. Our postgraduate programmes will advance your professional skills and improve your career prospects.
Postgraduate Courses
Search for courses using the search box below:
| Course Name | PAC Code | College/school | Key Words |
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| Nursing (PDip/Cert) | GYM65 (PgCert) GYM66 (PDip) | School of Nursing and Midwifery | Nursing, Postgraduate Diploma, Postgraduate Cert |
| Nursing Education (PDip) | GYM14 | taught, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, education, nursing | |
| Nursing/Midwifery Education (Masters) | GYM08 | nursing/midwifery education, master of health sciences, two years, three years, taught, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway | |
| Nursing: Acute Medicine (MHSc/PDip)—full-time | GYM25—full time GYM87—top-up | School of Nursing and Midwifery | Acute Medical Assessment Unit, Acute Medicine, Postgraduate Diploma, Nursing, Short stay |
| Nursing: Advanced Practice with Prescribing (PDip) | GYM35 | ||
| Nursing: Advanced Practice with Prescribing (Masters) | GYM07 (Masters) | advanced practice nursing, midwifery, master of health sciences, two years, three years), taught, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway | |
| Nursing: Emergency Care (MHSc/PDip)—full-time | GYM13—full-time GYM82—top-up | ||
| Nursing: Gerontology (Master of Health Sciences/PDip, full-time) | GYM15—full-time GYM89—top-up | ||
| Nursing: Intensive Care (MHSc/PDip, full-time) | GYM16—full-time GYM90—top-up | ||
| Nursing: Midwifery (HDip) | N/A | ||
| Nursing: Midwifery (PgCert) | GYM67 | School of Nursing and Midwifery | Nursing, midwifery, Postgraduate certificate |
| Nursing: Nurse/Midwife Prescribing (Certificate in) | GYM61 | ||
| Nursing: Oncology (MHSc/PDip, full-time) | GYM19—full-time GYM85—top-up | ||
| Nursing: Palliative Care (MHSc/PDip, full-time) | GYM21—full-time GYM84—top-up | School of Nursing and Midwifery | |
| Public Health Nursing (PDip/Master in Health Sciences) | PHG01—full-time GYM83—top-up Apply at www.pac.ie/phn | taught, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, public health, nursing, health services executive, hse, nuig, funding, rgn, regional general nurse, midwifery, masters, top up, thesis | |
| Master/Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences (Wound Healing and Tissue Repair) | GYM71 | School of Nursing and Midwifery | wound, healing, tissue, repair, postgradudate, health sciences |
| Chronic Illness Management (Master of)—full-time/part-time | GYM58 (full-time) GYM59 (part-time) | chronic illness, interdisciplinary, chronic, health, health management, primary care, chronic illness management, master in, health sciences, full-time and part-time, medical, taught, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway | |
| Children's Palliative Care/Complex Care (MHSc/PDip full-time) | GYM31 | nursing, nuigalway, palliative care, children, complex care, high-dependency, intensive care, complex, life-threatening, conditions, new, child, adolescents, adolescence, childhood, infancy, baby, nurse, cancer, neonatal, disability, oncology, hospital, hospice, | |
| Nursing: Mental Health, Community and Inpatient Care (PDip) full-time | GYM17 | School of Health Sciences | nursing, mental health, full-time, postgraduate diploma, community, inpatient care |
| Nursing: Perioperative (MHSc/PDip) | GYM22- full time GYM86- top up | School of Nursing and Midwifery | nursing, postgraduate, nui galway, nuigalway, nuig, perioperative, masters, postgraduate, diploma |
