Addiction Recovery (M.Sc./P.Grad.Dip)

    Addiction Recovery (M.Sc./P.Grad.Dip)

    Duration1 year(s)
    Tuition Fee
    EUR 21,442 / year(s)
    Next IntakeSeptember 1, 2026

    Addiction Recovery (M.Sc./P.Grad.Dip)

    About

    Course Overview

    This M.Sc. in Addiction Recovery course is the first of its kind in Ireland with no identical course offered internationally. The interdisciplinary collective strengths of the School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences regarding lecture provision from the Schools of Pharmacy and Health Service Executive, as well as other leading addiction practitioners within non-statutory services are unprecedented.

    The course content will be underpinned by the integration of pioneering research in the field of Addiction Recovery to ensure the focus of the material delivered is current evidenced based research, which will, in turn, inform evidenced based best practice.

    The course aims to bring the core theory of Addiction Recovery (AR) to health and social care students and to support the application of the AR model in the health and social care domains of practice; to critically appraise and analyse the factors impeding implementation of an AR model in a variety of settings; and to foster multidisciplinary learning in an academic setting where the multi-disciplinary and multi-organisational backgrounds of the students will be developed as a source of learning.

    The teaching staff includes clinicians and service providers who are at the forefront of Addiction Recovery treatment, research and policy in Ireland. The course is offered by the Discipline of Public Health and Primary Care at the School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, with a range of teaching from leading experts from across Trinity College as well as leading clinicians, the Health Service Executive. The course is a fusion between Public Health, Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience.

    Requirements

    Entry Requirements

    Prospective students will have graduated with a degree in a health or social care-related discipline at a minimum 2.1 level, and will have at least three years professional experience. Other applications may be considered in exceptional circumstances, based on workplace experience. In the case of applicants with no professional experience, a submission may be considered by the course committee where the student can secure placement for the duration of the course and the course committee are satisfied that the student will adequately benefit from completing the course.

    English Language Requirements

    All applicants to Trinity are required to provide official evidence of proficiency in the English language. Applicants to this course are required to meet Band B (Standard Entry) English language requirements. For more details of qualifications that meet Band B, see the English Language Requirements page here.

    English Requirements

    • IELTSMin 6.5

    English Program Requirements

    Applicants for the Trinity International Foundation Programme require IELTS 5.0 overall, with 5.0 in Writing and no band below 4.5.

    Applicants for all Undergraduate and Postgraduate programmes must present one of the following English language qualifications.

    QUALIFICATIONSREQUIREMENTS
    1Irish Leaving CertificateA grade D3 or better in Ordinary Level English
    2GCSEA grade C or better in English Language
    3European BaccalaureateEnglish: 6 in your 1st language, or in 1st or 2nd Foreign Language
    4French BaccalaureateStudents presenting the OIB or International Option of the French Baccalaureate may satisfy the English language requirement by achieving a minimum of 12 (where the coefficient is greater than 5) in English Language and Literature. In cases where the coefficient is less than 5, a minimum result of 14 will be required.
    5International BaccalaureateEnglish A1, A2 or B: 5 at Higher Level (4 at Standard Level if presenting IB through English)
    6US High School CurriculumA grade C in English taken in final year
    7TOEFL

    Paper based 570 (with a TWE score of 4.5) / Computer based 233 (with a score of 4.5 in essay) / Internet based 90 (with a written score of 21)

    PG: 88 internet-based, 570 paper-based, 230 computer-based

    8University of Cambridge

    180+ on Cambridge English scale with no less than 175 in each skill and use of English i.e., Proficiency Certificate, Grade C or better (CEFR Level C1 or C2), Advanced Certificate, Grade C or better (CEFR Level C1 or C2)

    PG: Proficiency Certificate, Grade C or better (CEFR Level C1 or C2) Advanced Certificate, Grade C or better (CEFR Level C1 or C2) 

    9IELTS

    (Academic version) 6.5 (no individual band below 6). For Dental courses: IELTS (academic version) 7 (no individual band below 7) For Clinical speech and language studies: IELTS (academic version) 7 (no individual band below 7)

    10Pearson Test of English(Academic) - PTE Academic: a minimum score of 63 (with no section score below 59).
    11Duolingo English TestMinimum overall score of 110/160

    Career

    Graduates of the course are able to demonstrate a range of skills necessary to work in treatment and prevention services, health and community service management, research, education and training; and other services for people with addiction issues.

    Fee Information

    Tuition Fee
    21,442 / year(s)

    Addiction Recovery (M.Sc./P.Grad.Dip)

    Trinity College Dublin

    Trinity College Dublin

    Ireland

    Ireland, Dublin