Health Policy Management

Course Overview

The Health Policy Management programme equips learners with vital knowledge, skills and tools for understanding, researching and working in complex and changing health and social care systems. From reforming and managing health systems, to implementing organisational, technological and digital innovations, course participants acquire a detailed theoretical and practical understanding of major health system challenges and developments – and how to address them.



The course is taught through an interdisciplinary curriculum underpinned by the principle of evidence-informed policy and practice, with high levels of student participation and peer-learning.



Is This Course For Me?

This unique Masters programme is suitable for healthcare professionals (such as doctors, nurses, allied healthcare providers, facility managers, and public administrators) as well as recent health and social sciences graduates.



Participants learn and develop core competencies across subjects including Population Health Management, Health Policy, Comparative Health Systems, integrated care and Managing People and Change. Central to all is translating and implementing research evidence and knowledge for policy and practice, which is threaded throughout the modules as well as being a specific module.

All participants complete seven compulsory modules, as well as the Research Methods and Dissertation modules leading to the completion of a research project of 12,000 words.



Core modules include:

1. Population Health Management (10 ECTS)

2. Health Policy (10ECTS)

3. Comparative Health Systems (5 ECTS)

4. Health Economics (5 ECTS)

5. Knowledge Translation & Implementation (10ECTS)

6. Managing People and Change (10 ECTS)

7. Integrated Care Systems (10 ECTS)

8. Research Methods & Dissertation (30 ECTS)



The dissertation emphasises both the subject’s scientific aspects and its translational potential into policy and practice. This postgraduate degree can be completed in one year on a full-time basis, or completed over two years part time (45 ECTS of taught modules in Year 1, plus 15 ECTS taught modules and 30-ECTS research dissertation in Year 2).

Applicants will need to:

• Hold at least a 2.1 honours undergraduate degree or above*



• From an Irish university or equivalent result from a university in another country;

• In a related professional or academic discipline (e.g., medicine, nursing, allied health professions, management, social sciences, or health sciences, among others).

• Demonstrate evidence of professional and/or academic experience.



*Potential candidates with Irish nursing qualifications dating before 2002 might be exempt from this otherwise strict entry requirement of an Undergraduate degree. Other candidates with non-degree qualifications due to the grading structure of their disciplines are advised to contact the Course Director/MSc Administrator.



For applicants who do not have the required minimum academic entry requirements, but have demonstrable and substantial prior learning, please contact the Course Director.



English Language Requirements

All applicants to Trinity are required to provide official evidence of proficiency in the English language. Applicants to this course are required to meet Band B (Standard Entry) English language requirements.

Health Policy and Management (M.Sc.) - Full-Time 30/JUN/2025

Health Policy and Management (M.Sc.) - 2 Years - Part-Time 30/JUN/2025

1 year full-time, 2 years part-time.

Next Intake September 2025

Career Opportunities

The Health Policy Management course will equip learners with the knowledge and skillset to have a successful career in health systems, policy, and management. The foundational learning is transferrable across roles in research, health systems, and policy development and management, allowing graduates to pursue a range of mid- to senior-level opportunities in managerial, leadership or research-related roles in both the public and private sectors.