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During this programme, you will:  

• Gain an understanding of product and service design innovation, design thinking and processes and strategic design methods.  

• Explore real-world challenges linked with industry (health services, medical devices, life sciences) and healthcare providers and work on external partner specified design briefs around specific development requests. 

• Develop expertise in ethics and good clinical practice for medical device design and regulations. 

• Carry out design research in clinical settings to identify unmet healthcare needs and develop innovative, well-defined solutions. 

• Work across healthcare disciplines with external partners and with leading companies in MedTech to develop cutting edge solutions. 

• Learn about entrepreneurship and the analytical and conceptual skills required to establish a new innovative venture in healthcare. 

• Explore the concepts of health and wellbeing, illness, disease and disability, and health inequalities and protection.  

• Learn about anatomy and physiology in emergent care, the causes, risk factors and symptoms associated with different types of disease profiles and the different types of treatments. 

Key Information: 

• Complete full-time in one year, part-time in two years 

• Delivered on campus 

• Modules taught during autumn and spring semester 

• Option to exit with a Graduate Diploma 

• Continue to summer semesters and submit a Design Project (thesis) 

You will learn through a blend of: 

• Lectures, studio workshops, and experiential learning 

• Reflective practice and supervised research 

• Regular feedback from faculty and peers through group work and assessments 

Full-time 

Autumn Semester  

• explores various research approaches and their integration into the design process to create opportunities for creative design solutions. The module includes immersive research in a healthcare setting to conduct primary research. The module also covers ISO14155 Good Clinical Practice and ISO 13485 quality management system standard.  

• explores the skills and knowledge needed to establish a new venture and the key factors to create a business with an international market focus. 

• provides an overview of core body systems and their changes across lifespan, the causes, risk factors and symptoms associated with different types of disease profiles and types of treatments. 

Spring Semester  

• develops an appreciation and understanding of the importance of Human Factors in all aspects of product and systems design in health contexts. This module covers human factors standards IEC 62366 and HE 75. 

• ) explores the concepts of health, health education and health promotion providing the foundations to develop competence in health promotion. 

• introduces concepts in design, from ideation to concept development. Methods include brainstorming, sketching, mapping and low fidelity prototyping and evaluation. 

• addresses user centred design tools and approaches central to later phases of the design process; concept prototyping, testing and design refinement. 

Summer Semester 

• is the last in a series of three design research modules building towards the completion of a substantial design project to master's degree standard. 

Part-time Year 1  

Autumn Semester  

Spring Semester  

Part-time Year 2 

Autumn Semester 

Spring Semester 

Relevant course materials - such as books and journal articles - will be available digitally via the UL Glucksman Library’s online resources. 

For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s  

• Applicants should hold a bachelor’s degree ( Level 8) with at least a second-class honours, grade 2 (2:2) in a relevant discipline including science, engineering, business, medicine, allied health professions, and social sciences 

• The university may shortlist and invite you to an interview. 

• Garda clearance is required.  
   

Other Entry Considerations: 

We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet the standard entry requirements, as long as you can show that you have the knowledge, skills, and experience needed for the programme. 

At UL, we value all kinds of learning and support different ways to qualify through our Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) policy.  

International students:  

• For details on country-specific qualifications visit postgraduate entry requirements for international students. 

Checklist of Documents: 

• *Academic transcripts and certificates
  • UL graduates only need to provide their student ID.
• Copy of your birth certificate or passport
• English translation of your qualifications and transcripts
• Copy of your CV
• Personal Statement
  • Describing your interest around design and health and wellbeing.
• Digital Portfolio (optional)
  • Examples of previous work showing relevant student or professional work produced in the last five years. E.g. Visual work, analytics reports. 

English Language: 

• English Language Competency certificate
• For details on accepted language qualifications visit English Language Requirements 

Guidelines on Completing your Application  

• To make sure we can review your application quickly, please:
  • Upload all documents. Your application can’t be reviewed until we have all the documents on the checklist.
  • Title the documents you are uploading. For example, "Personal Statement", "Undergraduate Transcript", "Postgraduate Transcript", "English Language Certificate" etc.
• *If you are waiting to graduate, submit your application with the documents you have to date, you don’t need to have finished final exams before applying. 

EU - Full-Time €8,200, Part-Time €5,200 per annum*

Non-EU - Full-Time €20,800, Part-Time €12,100 per annum*

* Year 2 fees are subject to change 

Please note that international study visas are only available to students studying full-time in Ireland. Only the full-time version of this programme qualifies for a study visa. 

Annual fees are billed by semester. Once registered, students may be eligible to apply for a monthly payment plan.  

Further information on fees and payment of fees is available from the website. All fee related queries should be directed to the Student Fees Office (Phone: +353 61 213 007 or email student.fees.office@ul.ie).  

 
Funding 

Find further information on funding and scholarships.

This course can lead to the following sectors and careers:  

• Product and medical device innovation
• UX/UI design for healthcare
• Service & systems design
• Design project manager
• Design Researcher
• Human factors specialists
• Regulatory affairs specialist
• Business model design or design entrepreneurship 

Still Curious? 

The team regularly host and take part in webinars to support future students. If you would like to learn more or ask questions at an online information session, click below.    

Online Information Sessions 

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Eoin Martin  

"Lecturers were so supportive, prepared, and approachable in all aspects of the course from the theory to the application of skills in immersion/observation, ideation, concept development and prototyping right through to validation and verification. I am now applying these skills to my everyday role as Manufacturing Engineer with DePuy Synthes. If you are unsure of what area of design you want to pursue, I could not recommend this course highly enough. It can provide you with a myriad of career opportunities and/or further study as the skills you acquire from the MSc. in Design for Health and Wellbeing are transferable across several areas.”