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During this programme, you will:  

• Develop as a lead healthcare professional, gaining the advanced clinical decision-making skills needed to enhance care and improve outcomes your patients. 

• Complete specialist modules in Leadership, Quality and Governance, designed to evolve your practice and prepare you for senior roles in nursing. 

• Grow as an innovative practitioner, learning to assess and manage care in partnership with your patients and their families 

• Understand the value of multidisciplinary collaboration, and how it contributes to the provision of high-quality, evidence-based care. 

Key information:  

• Complete part-time over one year.  

• Blended delivery – on campus and online   

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

• Can be used to complete 30 credits towards Master of Professional Practice (MPP)   

Year 1 

Autumn Semester 

• explores how to become a leader in promoting the delivery of quality and safety in meeting individual and population healthcare needs.
• develops the expertise necessary to function as an advanced nurse/midwife practitioner. 

Spring Semester 

• Nursing enables students to develop competence in the five principles for advanced nursing practice. 

Summer Semester 

• Nursing develops clinical knowledge and practice at an advanced level within the student’s specific area of practice. 

For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on ±«³¢â€™s  

• Have a minimum of an MSc degree in Nursing or Midwifery or equivalent.    

• Be a registered nurse on the current register of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland. 

• Be engaged in practice as a registered nurse for at least three of the last five years, with a total of one year's full-time experience in the specific area of practice. 

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

• Applicant must receive endorsement by their Director of Nursing and also identify a professional mentor and a clinical mentor. 

• 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 Advanced Practice (Nursing) Postgraduate Certificate 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 – translated if needed
• UL graduates only need to provide their student ID number
• Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland current registration certificate
• Copy of your birth certificate or passport
• RPL form, if applicable
• Post Registration Clinical Experience Form
• Site Declaration Forms
• Professional Mentor Agreement*,
• Clinical Mentor Agreement**,
• Director of Nursing Support 

*Professional Mentor is Registered Nurse/Midwife Practitioner, an Assistant Director of Nursing/Midwifery or a Director of Nursing/Midwifery (relevant to your area of advanced practice).  

**Clinical mentor is a Consultant or Registered Advanced Nurse/Midwife Practitioner relevant in your area of advanced practice. 

English Language 

• English language competency certificate
• English translation of your qualifications and transcripts 

• 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, "Clinical Practice Environment Self-Assessment Audit Declaration", "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 - €3,000

Non-EU €3,000

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 Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Practice Nursing can lead graduates to the following sectors and careers:  

• Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP)  

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