As a UCD medical student, you will experience a modern, internationally recognised curriculum that introduces patient contact and clinical skills at an early stage. Our modular programmes combine lectures and seminars from leading academics and practitioners, patient led learning and clinically based real-world education at Ireland’s leading network of acute and specialist teaching hospitals.
At UCD Health Sciences, we offer an exciting and diverse range of programmes spanning Medicine, Radiography, Nursing, Midwifery, Physiotherapy, and Sports Science. Here, you’ll learn from world-class lecturers who are not only leading experts in their fields but also dedicated mentors, guiding you with exceptional supervision and support throughout your studies. Our vibrant learning community blends cutting-edge research, hands-on clinical experience, and interdisciplinary collaboration, ensuring that your education is as inspiring as it is rigorous.
Graduates from UCD Health Sciences leave equipped with the skills, confidence, and global perspective to excel in a wide variety of rewarding careers—making a real difference in the lives of individuals and communities worldwide.
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Developments in healthcare are transforming the roles of nurses and midwives, leading to new and exciting career opportunities. The UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems has developed innovative programmes to prepare our graduates to respond to these changes and to meet evolving patient-care needs in areas such as cancer care, palliative care, diabetes and emergency or critical care.
At UCD, you will benefit from two state-of-theart laboratories at the UCD Institute for Sport & Health. There you can comprehensively study the physiological and biomechanical analysis of human performance in health and sport. In our fully equipped clinical laboratories, you will benefit from clinical teaching in small groups led by highly qualified staff. You will gain practical experience through clinical placements in UCD teaching hospitals and other clinical centres throughout Ireland.
From early in your first year, you will have access to modern imaging and clinical education facilities in UCD’s Health Sciences Centre. You will develop knowledge of all aspects of medical imaging and image evaluation, and learn how to care for patients, how to perform examinations and how to provide high levels of radiation protection. Such knowledge and skills will ensure that you have acquired complete professional competence upon graduation.
The innovative Sport & Performance programmes at UCD allow you to specialise in sport, exercise and coaching management, or in health and human performance. With the ever-increasing popularity of sport and growing concerns about lifestyle diseases, there has never been a better time to study Sport & Performance.
Why UCD Health Sciences?
UCD Health Sciences offer a range of programmes in the areas of Medicine, Radiography, Nursing, Midwifery, Physiotherapy and Sports Science. Across each college, students can expect an unparalleled level of expertise, supervision and support from their world-class lecturers and an exciting range of career prospects following graduation.
As a UCD Medical Student, you will experience a modern, internationally recognised curriculum that introduces patient contact and clinical skills at an early stage. Our modular programmes combine lectures and seminars from leading academics and practitioners, patient-led learning and clinically based real-world education at Ireland’s leading network of acute and specialist teaching hospitals.
Radiography is a caring profession that also calls for considerable technological expertise. It has come a long way since its birth in 1895, when X-rays were discovered. Today it is central to modern healthcare systems and involves working with rapidly evolving technologies – with patient diagnosis, treatment and care at its core. Radiography also offers graduates exceptional employment opportunities and exciting pathways for progression and further study.
If you love working with and for the benefit of people of all ages and from diverse backgrounds, then Nursing or Midwifery could be for you. At UCD, you will also have a unique opportunity to engage in hands-on clinical practice in health care services, in the community and with our partner hospitals, including St Vincent’s Healthcare Group (incorporating St Michael’s Hospital), the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, the National Maternity Hospital, Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin and Saint John of God Hospital, Community Health Care East, and also in a variety of other *IEHG clinical sites.
As a qualified Physiotherapist, you will be in a position to pursue one of the most rewarding careers. You will provide services to people to develop, maintain and restore their maximum physical health and movements, and ultimately improve their qualify of life. In our fully equipped clinical skills laboratories, you will also benefit from clinical teaching in small groups, under the tuition of highly qualified staff.
If you have a passion for sport and want to work in an exciting global industry, the UCD Sport & Performance programme is the place to transform your personal interests into a rewarding career. From training athletes and improving fitness, through to managing sports organisations or working in marketing and sponsorship, you will find a Sport and Performance programme to match your aspirations.