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Our Masters in Gender Studies has developed over thirty years to become the most established gender studies programme in Ireland. Our MA in Gender Studies delivers rigorous, interdisciplinary, critical, dynamic learning in feminisms, sexualities, masculinities, gender debates, politics and activisms.

Our global and intersectional feminist perspectives offer a complex understanding of how oppression and discrimination operate across society, politics and the economy.

We celebrate the intersection between knowledge and activism and expose students to a breadth and depth of scholarship in relation to multiple oppressions, discriminations, politics and policies including gender, race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, class and age, among others. This programme leads to a well- recognised MA in Gender Studies qualification from one of the top 1% universities in the world.

Our Graduate Diploma offers an interdisciplinary programme aimed at developing critical thinking and greater understanding of feminisms, sexualities and masculinities, and a pathway for many who wish to access our MA programme.

This course brings a gender lens to an analysis of the way in which power is structured and hierarchies of social class, sexuality, ethnicity, dis/ability and age are established. Our global and intersectional feminist perspectives bring a new understanding to how discrimination, inequalities and systems of oppression operate. Many of our Graduate Diploma students build their knowledge through a specific inter-linking of both scholarship and activism.

We welcome applicants in diverse areas in Gender Studies. See our interdisciplinary areas of research of our faculty.

For more information see here.

As part of the School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice, we teach modules in the UCD undergraduate programme BSc Social Science and Social Justice.

• (opens in a new window)SSJ10070 Exploring Gender (T1)
• (opens in a new window)SSJ30080 Masculinities (T1)
• SSJ30070-Gender War and Violence
• SSJ20110-Gender Power & Politics

Outreach Programme content to follow.

Core required modules (10 credits each)

• (opens in a new window)SSJ40090 Gender Theory: Critical Themes (Trimester 1)
• (opens in a new window)GS40030 Gender, Inequality and Public Policy (T1)
• (opens in a new window)SSJ40010 Feminist & Egalitarian Research  (T2)
• (opens in a new window)GS40040 Space, Place and Gender: Interrogating feminist geographies (T2)
• (opens in a new window)GS40070 Gender Studies Minor Thesis  (T3, MA students only)
  
  

Optional modules at School level (10 credits each)

Students choose two from the following:

• (opens in a new window)EQUL40070 Human Rights Law and Equality (T2)
• (opens in a new window)EQUL40310 Masculinities, Gender and Equality (T1)
• (opens in a new window)GS40080 Culture and Sexualities (T2)

Additional options available at College and University levels (10 credits each)

• (opens in a new window)GEOG40760 Development and the Global South (T1)
• (opens in a new window)ENG41860 Queer Frictions: Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Literature & Culture (T2)
• (opens in a new window)ESOC40930 Critical Race and Decolonial Theory (T1)

Full Time option suitable for:

• Domestic(EEA) applicants: Yes
• International (Non EEA) applicants currently residing outside of the EEA Region. Yes

Part Time option suitable for:

• Domestic(EEA) applicants: Yes
• International (Non EEA) applicants currently residing outside of the EEA Region. No

Applicants are required to have a minimum of a 2.2 Honours or international equivalent in a honours level Bachelors degree (NFQ Level 8). Applicants whose first language is not English also require proof of English language proficiency. English language certificates and the level of proficiency that the school requires is detailed [here].

Applicants should also submit the contact details for two referees, at least one of whom should know you in an academic capacity, as well as a personal statement (circa 500 words) explaining why you are interested in studying this course.

MA Gender Studies Full Time (W383)

• Duration: 1 year
• Deadline Rolling *

MA Gender Studies Part Time (W384)

• Duration 2 Years
• Deadline Rolling *

* Courses will remain open until such time as all places have been filled, therefore early application is advised

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Careers & Employability

Graduates pursue diverse fields of further academic study as well as professional careers with international, national and local community organisations, such as in NGOs, advocacy organisations, public-sector agencies, education and media organisations.

Our graduates work in several national and international organisations - contributing to the development of policy and engagement with research - such as Amnesty International, Immigrant Council of Ireland, Crisis Pregnancy Programme, Médecins Sans Frontières, LGBTQ+ organisations, TV and radio, National Women's Council of Ireland, Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, BeLong To. 

MA Gender Studies (W383) Full Time

• EU fee per year - € 7315
• nonEU fee per year - € 19,900

MA Gender Studies (W384) Part Time

• EU fee per year - € 4760
• nonEU fee per year - € 9,950

***Fees are subject to change

Tuition fee information is available on the UCD Fees website. Please note that UCD offers a number of graduate scholarships for full-time, self-funding international students, holding an offer of a place on a UCD graduate degree programme. For further information please see International Scholarships.

Next Intake:2021/2022 September