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63 Master's degrees offered by the university

Clinical Pharmacy (Online)
The Clinical Pharmacy (Online) is a two-year, part-time distance learning degree delivered by the University College Cork specially designed for pharmacists employed in a healthcare setting, who want to enhance their clinical pharmacy knowledge and practice skills. Much of the learning is case-based so scientific and professional elements are integrated.

Medical and Surgical Nursing
The Medical and Surgical Nursing course delivered by the University College Cork recognises the need for specialist postgraduate education to assist general nurses in meeting the challenges of increased levels of patient acuity, along with ethical and patient-safety challenges in medical-surgical settings.

Physiotherapy
The Physiotherapy degree delivered by the University College Cork is an accelerated pre-registration programme for students with a relevant primary degree in a subject other than physiotherapy. The programme uses the learning and teaching methods that best supports students to develop the knowledge, skills and professional attributes commensurate with physiotherapy practice.

Midwifery
The Midwifery degree delivered by the University College Cork is a taught programme for midwives running over two years from the date of first registration. This programme is for registered midwives only.

Nurse or Midwife Prescribing
This Nurse or Midwife Prescribing degree delivered by University College Cork will give you the theoretical and practical knowledge to be competent in medication management. This NFQ Level 8 Special Purpose Award complies with the statutory, professional and interdisciplinary framework for the development of expertise in the area of prescriptive authority.

Health Professions' Education (Online)
The Health Professions' Education (Online) programme at University College Cork Online is designed for busy healthcare professionals, including those working full time, who want flexible access to learning. UCC has a strong tradition in the education of educators and the Medical Education Unit is specifically dedicated to the development of teachers in the health professions.

Paediatrics and Child Health (Online)
This Paediatrics and Child Health (Online) degree course from University College Cork is the first of three courses providing postgraduate training in Paediatrics and Child Health at University College Cork (UCC).

Advanced Practice (Nursing or Midwifery)
This Advanced Practice (Nursing or Midwifery) course offered by University College Cork is designed to prepare nurses and midwives to practice at a higher level of capability in independent, autonomous, and expert practice, that is innovative, flexible, and patient-centred.

Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry
The MSc in Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry is a one year course from University College Cork designed to provide advanced knowledge and hands-on training in modern analytical instrumental techniques.

Engineering in Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical Systems
The Engineering in Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical Systems programme from University College Cork is a unique offering of the discipline of Process and Chemical Engineering designed to provide participants with an advanced qualification related to pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical processing.

Nutritional Sciences
The Nutritional Sciences course delivered by the University College Cork is an integrated postgraduate course which enables graduates with a BSc or MSc in Nutrition or equivalent degree to meet the standards of proficiency and professional competency, so they are eligible to apply to the Dietitians Registration Board (CORU) for registration as a dietitian.

Clinical Pharmacy (Online)
The Clinical Pharmacy (Online) programme from University College Cork Online is designed to maximise contact between student and tutor while allowing distance learning via the internet and through teleconferences/webinars with experienced medical and pharmacy practitioners.

Older Person Rehabilitation
This Older Person Rehabilitation degree delivered at University College Cork is designed to provide students, from a range of different professional backgrounds, with interdisciplinary learning in the theory and practice of Older Person Rehabilitation.

Nursing - Neonatology Nursing
The Nursing - Neonatology Nursing Postgraduate Nursing Diploma/Masters program is offered by the School of Nursing and Midwifery at University College Cork. This program is a pathway of the MSc/Postgraduate Nursing Diploma.

Occupational Health (Online)
The Occupational Health (Online) programme from University College Cork Online is a part-time programme delivered wholly online offering students a structured programme with a flexible mode of learning.

Audiology
The Audiology course at University College Cork has been designed to qualify students to practice the profession of Audiology. The aim of the programme is to educate, train and inspire confident clinicians who can meet the challenges of providing an integrated, sophisticated and scientific approach to assessing and managing the needs of children and adults with hearing and balance disorders.

Nursing (Specialist Mental Health Nursing Practice)
This Nursing (Specialist Mental Health Nursing Practice) degree course offered by University College Cork is organised within the parameters of the five roles of the clinical nurse specialist and is underpinned by the principles and values of recovery.

Dementia
This Dementia master degree delivered by University College Cork provides healthcare professionals with the skills to expertly care for a person with dementia from diagnosis to end-of-life.

Infection Prevention and Control (Online)
This Infection Prevention and Control (Online) course University College Cork is a structured part-time QQI Level 9 certificate which is taught online. There is no requirement to attend face-to-face lectures on this programme.

Healthcare Quality Improvement (Online)
The Healthcare Quality Improvement (Online) programme from University College Cork Online is an exciting, contemporary, degree for healthcare professionals, offering a flexible mode of learning while continuing to work.