Palliative Care 24 months Postgraduate Program By Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin |Top Universities
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Program Duration

24 monthsProgram duration

Tuitionfee

12,750 EURTuition Fee/year

Application Deadline

30 Jun, 2025Application Deadline

Program overview

Main Subject

Nursing

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

The aim of this interdisciplinary course is to facilitate students to develop a comprehensive academic and evidence-based approach to their practice, to critically explore palliative care service provision. It is run in partnership with St. Francis Hospice, Dublin, with design and delivery input from Trinity’s School of Nursing and Midwifery.
Is This Course For Me? The course is open to a wide range of registered interdisciplinary healthcare professionals who have clinical experience providing a pallative care approach for patients with a life limiting condition.
Career Opportunities This course can enhance students’ knowledge and skills in palliative care and advance graduates’ career prospects both in terms of promotion eligibility and post-graduate training.

Program overview

Main Subject

Nursing

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

The aim of this interdisciplinary course is to facilitate students to develop a comprehensive academic and evidence-based approach to their practice, to critically explore palliative care service provision. It is run in partnership with St. Francis Hospice, Dublin, with design and delivery input from Trinity’s School of Nursing and Midwifery.
Is This Course For Me? The course is open to a wide range of registered interdisciplinary healthcare professionals who have clinical experience providing a pallative care approach for patients with a life limiting condition.
Career Opportunities This course can enhance students’ knowledge and skills in palliative care and advance graduates’ career prospects both in terms of promotion eligibility and post-graduate training.

Admission Requirements

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Applicants must hold an Honours undergraduate degree in a Health or related subject area. In exceptional circumstances, candidates without this qualification may still be accepted to the programme if they can satisfy the selection panel that they have the ability to complete and benefit from the course.
Candidates must have a minimum of one year's experience in delivering a palliative care approach within practice within the last two years and for the duration of the course be employed in an area where the principles of palliative care are operationalized when caring for individuals with life threatening illness and their families.
All applicants to the School of Nursing and Midwifery whose first language is not English or who have not been educated through the medium of English must present one of a qualification demonstrating their proficiency in the English language.  Find out more: https://www.tcd.ie/study/apply/admission-requirements/postgraduate/
Students will be required to undergo Garda Vetting, you can learn more at: www.tcd.ie/students/orientation/undergraduates/garda-vetting.php

30 Jun 2025
2 Years
Sep

Tuition fees

Domestic Students

6,230 EUR
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International Students

12,750 EUR
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