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During this programme, you will:  

• Gain an understanding of product and service design innovation, process design, manufacturing design and strategic design. 

• 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. 

• Conduct design research in a clinical setting to uncover healthcare needs to create a design guide on service systems solutions. 

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

Key Information:  

• Complete part-time, in one year
• Delivered on campus
• Modules taught during autumn and spring semester
• Studio based learning
• Credits can be used towards MSc in Design for Health and Wellbeing, or Master of Professional Practice (MPP) or MSc Engineering Practice 

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 

Year 1 

Autumn Semester  

• focuses on various research approaches and their integration into the design process to create opportunities for creative design solutions. 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. 

Spring Semester  

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

• Ideation And Representation (M) (PD6012) introduces concepts in design, from ideation to concept development. Methods include brainstorming, sketching, mapping and low fidelity prototyping and evaluation. 

• (Optional) combines course material with the student’s talents to solve real-life industry projects, based on an 8 week industrial learning placement. 

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  

Entry requirements 

• 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.  
  

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. 

 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 - €3,600

Non-EU - €4,900

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 Student Fees Office 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:   

• Healthcare UX Designer
• Service Designer
• Innovation Consultant (Healthcare)
• Design Researcher (Healthcare)
• Digital Health Product Designer  

Graduate Bernie Higgins – Nurse 

“From the short 6 weeks we've done, it's clear that you have created a wonderful safe space for people to be themselves and nurture their wonderful ideas. I love the blue-sky ideas' element. I really feel this module should be merged into a nursing degree or any healthcare-related profession. Nurses, in particular, in our daily workloads are improvising to improve patient care if we don't have the necessary equipment or product to hand. We adapt to our environment. What I find interesting is the number of people who say 'I'm not creative', people just need to be armed with the skills to do so. This module has ignited my ever-curious mind. So, thank you all for providing an interesting module.”  

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