Health Policy and Management (M.Sc.)

Course Overview

The Health Policy and Management programme equips learners with vital knowledge, skills and tools for understanding, researching and working in complex and changing health and social care systems. From reforming and managing health systems, to implementing organisational, technological and digital innovations, course participants acquire a detailed theoretical and practical understanding of major health system challenges and developments – and how to address them.

The course is taught through an interdisciplinary curriculum underpinned by the principle of evidence-informed policy and practice, with high levels of student participation and peer-learning.

Applicants will need to:
• Hold at least a 2.1 honours undergraduate degree or above*

• Demonstrate evidence of professional and/or academic experience.

*Potential candidates with Irish nursing qualifications dating before 2002 might be exempt from this otherwise strict entry requirement of an Undergraduate degree. Other candidates with non-degree qualifications due to the grading structure of their disciplines are advised to contact the Course Director/MSc Administrator.

For applicants who do not have the required minimum academic entry requirements, but have demonstrable and substantial prior learning, please contact the Course Director. Trinity’s current policy on Recognition of Prior Learning is available here.

The maximum number of students is 25. The programme will be delivered subject to the minimum number of 8 applicants being reached.

Click here for full details on admissions procedures and all required documents, including a personal statement and CV.

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.

The Health Policy and Management course will equip learners with the knowledge and skillset to have a successful career in health systems, policy, and management. The foundational learning is transferrable across roles in research, health systems, and policy development and management, allowing graduates to pursue a range of mid- to senior-level opportunities in managerial, leadership or research-related roles in both the public and private sectors.