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63 Master's degrees offered by the university

Public Health Nursing
The Public Health Nursing degree delivered by the University College Cork provides a world-class environment for cutting-edge research to prepare tomorrow’s nurses to shape and advance health care practices through research and education.

Medical Sciences
This Medical Sciences degree course delivered by the University College Cork is a combined research and teaching programme with advanced tuition in skills in health sciences research that is taken full-time over 12 months, or part-time over 24 months.

Health Protection (Online)
This Health Protection (Online) degree delivered by the University College Cork aims to provide students, from a range of different professional backgrounds, with core knowledge and skills related to the practice of Public Health and Health Protection. This course supplies the knowledge and skills necessary for health protection (infection control) and public health on a global scale.

Health and Wellbeing
This Health and Wellbeing degree at University College Cork is delivered jointly by University College Cork (the co-ordinating institution) and Munster Technological University (MTU) in Cork. The Postgraduate Diploma is part of a new suite of Health & Wellbeing programmes, and also includes the Postgraduate Certificate in Health and Wellbeing, and the MSc in Health and Wellbeing.

Sports and Exercise Medicine
The Sports and Exercise Medicine course at University College Cork programme is designed to give clinicians a deeper understanding of sports medicine, sports injuries and exercise medicine.

Nursing - Trauma and Emergency Nursing
The Nursing - Trauma and Emergency Nursing programme from University College Cork is offered by the School of Nursing and Midwifery at University College Cork. The nursing programme provides Emergency nurses with the opportunity to enhance their careers on a professional and personal level.

Nursing Studies (Direct Entry Year 2)
This Nursing Studies (Direct Entry Year 2) degree course delivered at University College Cork is aimed at enabling busy practitioners to take a leadership role in clinical practice in an increasingly complex healthcare environment by facilitating professional and scholarly development.

Pharmaceutical Regulatory Sciences
The Pharmaceutical Regulatory Sciences programme from University College Cork has been designed to address the current and future skills demands of the pharmaceutical sector, offering a unique opportunity for graduates to fast-track their careers in the pharmaceutical industry.

Nursing (Oncology)
This Nursing (Oncology) degree course from University College Cork is offered in a blended learning format (part-online and part-attendance at workshops/tutorials) and is designed to meet the needs of nurses working in oncology settings who wish to undergo a specialist oncology course.

Allergy and Clinical Immunology (Online)
This Allergy and Clinical Immunology (Online) degree course offered by the University College Cork is the first of three courses providing postgraduate training in Allergy and Clinical Immunology at UCC.

Diagnostic Radiography
The Diagnostic Radiography at University College Cork is an intensive pre-registration course for students with a primary degree in a subject other than diagnostic radiography. The programme uses the learning and teaching methods that best support students to develop the knowledge, skills, and professional attributes necessary for effective radiography practice.

Industrial Pharmaceutical Sciences, Operations and Management
This Industrial Pharmaceutical Sciences, Operations and Management master degree delivered by the University College Cork is a unique postgraduate qualification designed to maximise graduate employability in the biopharma and pharma industries.

Palliative Care
This Palliative Care degree course offered by University College Cork is the first of three courses providing postgraduate training in Palliative Care at UCC. The suite of courses comprises a blended learning, interdisciplinary Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, and MSc in Palliative Care.

Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences (Online)
The Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences (Online) degree delivered by the University College Cork is a new programme designed to provide diagnostic radiographers, radiation therapists, and allied health professionals with the post-registration knowledge and skills to embark on specialist practice.

Clinical Trials (Online)
This Clinical Trials (Online) degree delivered by the University College Cork is suitable for those of you wishing to pursue a career in clinical trials in the pharmaceutical, medical device, or academic sectors.

Pharmaceutical Technology and Quality Systems
This two-year distance learning course in Pharmaceutical Technology and Quality Systems at University College Cork is aimed at graduates who currently work within the pharmaceutical industry who wish to fulfil the EU educational requirements for Qualified Person status.

Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical Engineering
The Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical Engineering degree delivered by the University College Cork is a unique offering of the discipline of Process and Chemical Engineering designed to provide participants with a formal qualification in areas of particular topical interest to the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry.

Radiation Therapy
This Radiation Therapy degree at University College Cork is an intensive pre-registration programme for students with a primary degree in a subject other than Radiation Therapy.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
This Cognitive Behavioural Therapy degree delivered by the University College Cork is offered part-time over two years. The course is aligned with the British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP).

Public Health
This Public Health delivered by University College Cork is a multi-disciplinary course that allows you to specialise in health promotion, health protection, or advanced epidemiology. The course offers both quantitative and qualitative research methods.