Fees

Fees for all MSc & Professional Certificate Programmes 2013/14 

*Our Fees Policy is available to download here. 

Please note the fees above include a €45 NUI fee which is payable each year.

Sponsorship Form

If you are being sponsored by your employer, please complete this form.

EU Applicants

All of our programmes are practice-based, so applicants must hold a primary degree and should ideally be working in the healthcare sector, with a fluent command of the English language.

Non-EU Applicants

The designation of a candidate as EU or Non-EU status where they meet one of the following three criteria:

• The application procedure that applies
• The fee levels to which they will be liable

A candidate will qualify for EU status where they meet one of the following three criteria:

• They are a national of an EU member state and will be ordinarily resident in an EU member state for three of the five years prior to the commencement of the programme.
• They are a national of an EU member state and have received all their post-primary education within an EU member state.
• They have been in full time employment in an EU member state for three of the last five years prior to the commencement of the first year of the course.  This applies to candidate over the age of 23.
• They have been ordinarily resident in an EU member state for three of the five years prior to the commencement of the programme and their parents have been in full time employment in an EU member state for three of the five years prior to the commencement of the programme.  This applies to candidates under the age of 23.

Footnote:

A person is deemed to be a ‘national’ of an EU/EEA member state where they have:

• Passport or National ID Card from an EU/EEA member state or an Official letter confirming Refugee Status in Ireland.
• Before 1^st January in the year prior to commencement of Programmes.

For a definition of an EU/Non-EU Applicant please click here.

NARIC for Non-EU Applicants
Prospective postgraduate students who obtained Bachelor degrees or equivalent outside the EU are required to obtain a UK National Information Recognition Centre (NARIC) equivalence of their qualification.  The UK NARIC states the degree equivalence in accordance with the British/Irish Bachelor Degree standard.

The following is what you require to send to UK NARIC in order for them to establish the UK NARIC equivalence of qualifications: 

• A photocopy of final certificate(s) and transcript(s).
• A covering letter with contact details and statement of purpose of enquiry.
• A copy of certified translations in English, if necessary.

For further information, please see www.naric.org.uk.  Please note that the UK NARIC Board charges a fee towards the process. Generally as an international applicant it is the applicant’s responsibility to get their course transcripts validated by NARIC.