Quality and Safety in Healthcare Management

MSc
Healthcare leadership and management

Entry requirements

  • All applicants must hold an undergraduate or bachelor degree - For applicants who don’t hold a primary degree, there is a recognition of prior learning (RPL) pathway outlined below.
  • Applicants should be working in healthcare industry
  • Applicants (unless exempt) must meet the English Language Requirements - English proficiency test - IELTS score of 6.5 or the equivalent score on another standardised test.

There are two exceptions to the above:

  • If you are a native speaker of English and have completed your undergraduate education in an English institution in a country where English is the official language.
  • If you were admitted to and graduated from an English medium institution and can provide evidence that you acquired a minimum TOEFL score of 500 on the paper-based test (or its equivalent on another standardised test) upon admission to your undergraduate programme.

If you do not have an undergraduate degree at level 7 or above you may still be eligible to apply through recognition of prior learning (RPL). RPL is the assessment of knowledge, skills and competence previously acquired.

Learning occurs in many contexts which include work, involvement in social and community activities, or learning through life experience generally. RPL does not give credit for experience as such; rather it considers the learning that was acquired as a result of the experience.

RPL may be used to gain:

  • Admission to courses/programmes where a person may not have obtained the standard entry requirements.
  • Exemptions from course modules which duplicate the learning outcomes an individual has already demonstrably acquired through prior learning.

Exemptions may apply for:

  • Applicants who have completed their school or undergraduate studies (three or more years) through English in a country where English is the majority native language
  • Applicants who have completed their school or undergraduate studies (three or more years) in an English speaking institution in a country where English is not the majority native language and where an IELTS score of 5 or more was a requirement for admissions to the programme
  • Applicants who have been working in a country (three years or more) where English is the majority native language or for an employer where English language is the official language
  • Graduates of an RCSI Undergraduate, Masters or Professional Diploma programme in Dublin and Bahrain

Please note: Certified proof must be uploaded as part of your application.