Design for Health and Wellbeing

Entry requirements

• Applicants should hold a bachelor’s degree (NFQ 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.

Months of entry

September

Course content

Gain the skills and knowledge to solve healthcare challenges through the design and innovation of medical technologies, products, service systems and human experiences.

UL’s Master of Science (MSc) in Design for Health and Wellbeing gives you the opportunity to apply design methods to develop healthcare solutions while working directly with clinicians and industry partners.

This unique interdisciplinary programme has been co-designed with stakeholders across healthcare, from hospitals to mental health services, public health and the wellbeing of consumers in society. It draws on complementary expertise from the School of Design, the School of Medicine, the Kemmy Business School and the healthcare expertise of The University Hospital Limerick group.

There is an exit route for students after completion of the taught modules. Students who exit after the autumn and spring semesters will earn a Graduate Diploma. Students who continue onto the summer semesters will be awarded an MSc.

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.

Information for international students

• Postgraduate Entry Requirements for International Students
• English Language Requirements

Email ULGlobal@ul.ie for further information.

Fees and funding

• Scholarships for International Students
• Sports Scholarships