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During this programme, you will:  

• Explore best practice in comprehensive assessment, monitoring, coordinating, and managing care with and for people with dementia. 

• Acquire the competencies to meet the needs of people with dementia, from diagnosis to end-of-life. 

• You’ll explore therapeutic interventions, ethical decision-making, and multidisciplinary collaboration, while developing leadership skills to manage and improve brain health promotion and dementia care service delivery. 

• Review current innovations and developments in leading and managing change in dementia care practice. 

Key Information: 

• Complete full-time over two years. Taken on a part-time basis. 

• Blended delivery – on campus and online. 

• Modules taught during autumn and spring semesters. You can click here for a schedule of lectures. 

• Undertake six modules in Year 1, including two specialist modules in dementia care and interventions and two clinical practicum modules. 

• As part of the clinical practicum modules, complete 500 hours of clinical practice across both semesters. 

• Complete a systematic/integrated review, at the end of the final semester. 

• Option to exit with a Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing (Dementia Care) after Year 1. 

• Students who achieve a minimum QCA grade of 2.00 at the end of year one may progress to the second year for the MSc award. 

• Modules with (M) beside them can be taken as independent micro-credential. 

You will learn through a blend of:   

• Lectures, workshops, and hands-on activities   

• Reflective practice and guided research   

• Regular feedback from faculty and peers   

Year 1  

Autumn Semester  

• Health Research Methods - Methodology (M) (NS6036) enables students to develop an understanding of the social, political, ethical and personal context of the research process. 

• Principles Underpinning Dementia Care (M) (NS6071) prepares practitioners to develop in-depth knowledge of relevant theories and policies and skills to undertake comprehensive assessment to support the individual needs of people with dementia from diagnosis to end-of-life.  

• facilitates the consolidation, integration and application of theory within practice. 

Spring Semester 

• Promoting Quality and Safety in Healthcare (M) (NS6038) explores the concept of quality and safety in healthcare in promoting quality patient outcomes. 

• Therapeutic Interventions in Dementia Care (M) (NS6062) provides nurses with the opportunity to develop knowledge and expertise of therapeutic interventions applicable to nursing people living with dementia. 

• facilitates the consolidation, integration and application of theory within practice. 

Year 2 

Autumn Semester 

• facilitates students to conduct work on a systematic/integrated review. 

Spring Semester 

• facilitates students to organise, prepare and present final research dissertation.   

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 any discipline.    

• You must be a registered nurse on the current register of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland. 

• You must be engaged in practice as a registered nurse for at least one year. 

• Students are expected to work in a practice setting throughout the programme. 

• Garda clearance is required. 

• If you don’t meet the standard entry requirements, see Other Entry Considerations below.   

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.  

If you wish to apply for this nursing master's through our RPL policy, you will also need to  

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
• Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland current registration certificate
• Clinical Practice Environment Self-Assessment Audit Declaration
•  

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", “Formal Identification”, “NMBI Registration”, "Undergraduate Transcript", "Postgraduate Transcript", “Clinical Practice Environment Self-Assessment Audit Declaration”, “Recognised Prior Learning", “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 - €7,700 per annum*

Non-EU €7,700 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. This programme does not qualify 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. 

The MSc Nursing (Dementia Care) can lead graduates to become eligible for specialist and advanced practice roles across a variety of health and social care settings supporting people at risk of or with a diagnosis of dementia as: 

• Clinical nurse specialist
• Advanced practice posts 

Claire Friel – Graduate of the MSc Nursing (Dementia Care), Donegal Mental Health Services  

“I chose this programme because I always gravitated towards caring for the older person, particularly dementia. I noticed this when I was an intern and that continued throughout my career. I thought this course would provide me with the necessary skills and knowledge that I would need to move further into the field.  

Going back to study was quite a daunting experience for me... but after returning to it, it was a lot less daunting than I thought it would be. My assignments were focused on things I could bring back to the ward and vice-versa. I like the blended approach as it combined your course work and your work together. You were able to do the course work in your own time so there was less need to be in Limerick.” 

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