NUI Galway offers a wide range of postgraduate programmes. The college offers postgraduate courses in 2 categories.
Reasearch Based Programmes – These are usually 2 years in duration for Masters Degrees and 4 years for Doctoral Degrees and PHD’s
Taught Programmes – These usually range from 1 to 2 years and are offered as Postgrad Diploma’s, Higher Diploma’s and Masters.
Taught Programmes on offer from NUI Galway are listed below
College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies
Advanced Language Skills (MA)
Applied Behaviour Analysis (MSc)
Archaeology (HDip, full-time or part-time)
Art and Ecology (PDip, MA, MFA)
Arts Policy and Practice (MA/PDip)[full-time, part-time]
Classics (MA)
Clinical Psychology (Doctor of Psychological Science)
Coastal & Marine Environments: Physical Processes, Policy & Practice (MSc) (full-time)
Community Development (MA)
Conference Interpreting (MA/PDip)
Culture and Colonialism (MA)
Digital Media (MA/PDip)
Drama and Theatre (MA) [full-time, part-time]
Education (Professional Master of, [Post-Primary])
Education (Master of)
Environment, Society, and Development (MA)
Family Support Studies(MA/PDip) (formerly Life Course Studies)
Film Studies: Theory and Practice (MA/PDip, full-time or part-time)
Fine Art (PDip)
Fine Art (Post Baccalaureate [HDip])
Fine Art in Studio Art (Master of)
French (MA)
Gender, Globalisation and Rights (MA, full-time, part-time)
German Literature/Language (MA)
Health Promotion (MA/PDip & full-time or part-time)
Health Psychology (MSc)
History (MA)
International Contemporary Literatures and Media (MA)
Irish Drama and Theatre (MA)
Irish Studies (MA, full-time or part-time)
Journalism (MA)
Landscape Archaeology (MA)
Literature and Publishing (MA)
Mathematics (MA/PDip)
Medieval Studies (MA)
Nua-Ghaeilge (MA)
Oideachas (Máistir Gairmiúil san [MGO])
Old and Middle Irish (MA fulltime, part-time)
Production and Direction (MA/PDip)
Psychology—Conversion (HDipA)
Psychology—Full (HDipA)
Public Advocacy and Activism (MA/PDip)[full-time, part-time]
Rural Sustainability (MA)(full-time)
Screenwriting (MA/PDip)
Social Work (MA)
Social Work Practice Teaching, Supervision & Management (PDip)javascript:;
Spanish (MA)
Special Educational Needs (PDip)
Theatre Practice and Production (MA) (full-time)
Translation Studies (MA)
Values & Knowledge (MA) (full-time & part-time)
Writing (MA)
Writing for Theatre (MA)
College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies / An tAcadamh
Ateangaireacht Chomhdhála (MA/Dip) / (Conference Interpreting)
Conference Interpreting (MA/PDip)
Cumarsáid (MA/Dioplóma Iarchéime) (lánaimseartha)
Leánn Teanga (MA/Dioplóma Iarchéime) (lánaimseartha)
Teagasc na Gaeilge (MA, páirtaimseartha)
College of Business, Public Policy, and Law
Accounting (Master of)
Business Studies (HDip)
Commercial Regulation and Compliance (PDip/Cert)
E-Commerce Law (PgCert)
Economic Science (HDip)
Electronic Commerce (MBS)
Executive Master of Business Administration [EMBA]/Postgraduate Diploma (Management) [PDip]
Finance & Information Systems (MSc)
Health Economics (MSc)
Human Resource Management [formerly Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management] (MSc)
Human Rights Law and Criminal Justice, cross border (LLM)
Information Systems Management (MSc)
Information Technology Law (Postgraduate Certificate)
Innovation Management (PDip)
Intellectual Property Law (Postgraduate Certificate)
International and Comparative Disability Law and Policy (LLM), full-time or part-time
International Criminal Law (LLM, full-time or part-time)
International Finance (MEconSc)
International Human Rights (LLM, full-time or part-time)
International Management (MSc)
Law, Technology, and Governance (LLM, full-time or part-time)
LLB (Bachelor of Laws, full-time or part-time)
Marketing (MSc, full-time and part-time)
Marketing Practice (MSc)
Natural Resource Economics and Policy (MEconSc)
Peace Operations, Humanitarian Law and Conflict (formerly [International Peace Support Operations]) (LLM, full-time or part-time)
Public Law (LLM, full-time or part-time)
Strategy, Innovation and People Management (MSc)
Technology Commercialisation (PDip)
Technology Management (MSc)
College of Engineering and Informatics
Biomedical Engineering (ME)
Civil Engineering (ME)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering (ME)
Energy Systems Engineering (ME)
Enterprise Systems (MApplSc, full-time or part-time)
Information Technology (Master of)
Mechanical Engineering (ME)
Occupational Safety Engineering and Ergonomics (MApplSc, full-time or part-time)
Software Design and Development (Higher Diploma)—Industry Stream / ICT Skills
Software Design and Development (MSc, “External” stream/HDipAppSc)
Software Engineering (Diploma)
Software Engineering and Database Technologies (MSc)
College of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences
Chronic Illness Management (Master of) full-time / part-time
Clinical Education (Master of, PDip/Cert)
Clinical Primary Care (PDip/Cert)
Clinical Research (MSc, full-time and part-time)
Endovascular Surgery (Master in Medical Science)
Health Promotion (MA/PDip & full-time or part-time)
Medical Science (Masters in)
Multidisciplinary Radiology (MSc/PDip)
Nursing (Master of)
Nursing (PDip/Cert)
Nursing Education (PDip)
Nursing/Midwifery Education (Masters)
Nursing: Acute Medicine (PDip)
Nursing: Advanced Practice (PDip)
Nursing: Advanced Practice with Prescribing (Masters)
Nursing: Child and Adolescent Mental Health (PDip)
Nursing: Emergency Care (PDip, full-time or part-time)
Nursing: Gerontology (PDip, full-time or part-time)
Nursing: Intensive Care (PDip, full-time or part-time)
Nursing: Mental Health, Community and Inpatient Acute Care (PDip, full-time or part-time)
Nursing: Midwifery (Masters/HDip)
Nursing: Midwifery (PgCert)
Nursing: Nurse/Midwife Prescribing (Certificate in)
Nursing: Oncology (PDip, full-time or part-time)
Nursing: Orthopaedics (PDip, full-time or part-time)
Nursing: Palliative Care (PDip, full-time or part-time)
Nursing: Perioperative (PDip, full-time or part-time)
Nursing: Practice Nursing/Community Nursing (PDip, full-time or part-time)
Nursing: Specialist Nursing (Master of)
Nursing: Specialist Practice (PgCert)
Preventive Cardiology (MSc/PDip)
Primary Care (Masters)
Public Health Nursing (PDip)
Regenerative Medicine (MSc)
Surgery, Masters in (MCh)
College of Science
Applied Mathematics (HDipAppSc)
Applied Microbiology (PDip)
Biodiversity & Land-Use Planning (MSc) via distance learning
Biomedical Science (MSc)
Biomedical Science via distance learning (MSc/PgCert)
Biomedical Science—continuous/flexible (MSc)
Biotechnology (MSc, full-time or part-time)
Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (MSc)
Mathematics (MSc & HDipAppSc)
Medical Physics (MSc)
Neuropharmacology (MSc)
Occupational Health & Safety (MSc/HDipAppSc, full-time or part-time)
Sustainable Resource Management: Policy and Practice, inter-institutional programme (MSc)
Toxicology (MSc)
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