Nursing & Midwifery - Advanced Leadership - Nursing

Advance your nursing career with an MSc in Advanced Leadership Nursing from the RCSI School of Nursing and Midwifery to enable you to play an important role in ensuring that nursing/midwifery practice continues to be based on the best evidence. Enhance your theoretical knowledge and develop a critical and questioning approach as you explore professional, clinical and managerial issues relevant to leadership roles. You will develop key research skills, enhance your capacity for leadership by developing your knowledge in key areas of leadership, management, strategy and change management and explore concepts of quality improvement and risk management.



Work on a cutting-edge research knowledge base, built on exposure to best practice in research and evidence-based practice. You will be supported to develop a systematic review based on a topic of your choosing.



The award title for this course is MSc Nursing (Advanced Leadership).



Suitable for

This programme is aimed at nurses who wish to advance their academic and professional knowledge in the area of leadership. This programme welcomes nurses at all levels of their career - from those who aspire to enter management to nurses in managerial positions who want to develop key leadership competencies.



Accreditation and recognition

All programmes offered by the School of Nursing and Midwifery are accredited by RCSI, the National University of Ireland and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland. Recognition by ministries and bodies in all jurisdictions must be determined by the individual applicants.



We are pleased to confirm that a number of our recent graduates who are domiciled in the United Arab Emirates and in the Kingdom of Bahrain have successfully had their certificates recognised by the Ministry of Education in their respective countries.

What you will learn

• Advanced Leadership and Management – Professional and Clinical

• Advanced Management and Strategy

• Change Management: Theory and Practice

• Education and Training

• Contemporary Issues: Clinical Governance, Safety and Risk Management

• Advanced Research Methods

• Generating Evidence for Practice

To be eligible for this programme you must:

• Hold an NFQ Level 8 qualification. However, applicants who do not hold a Level 8 qualification may still be eligible to join the programme through our supported-entry pathway programme. This is subject to an assessment of prior learning and experience.



• Have an active registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland. International applicants must be registered with their national nursing board.



Recognition of prior learning (RPL)

Learning occurs in many contexts, including work, involvement in social and community activities, and learning through life experience generally. Recognition of prior learning (RPL) does not give credit for experience as such – rather, it considers learning that was acquired as a result of the experience.



RPL may be used to gain admission to programmes where an applicant may not have obtained the standard entry requirements. This is considered on a case-by-case basis.



Exemptions from programme modules that duplicate learning already demonstrably acquired through prior learning may also be considered on a case-by-case basis.



For more information, please contact the School of Nursing and Midwifery.

Tel: +353 1 402 2445

Email: nursing@rcsi.ie



English language requirement exceptions

English language requirements are published here https://www.rcsi.com/dublin/postgraduate/policies-and-guidelines/english-language-requirements. If you have completed undergraduate/postgraduate full-time studies in the medium of the English language (three or more years cumulatively), or if you are registered with the NMBI, you are exempt from these requirements.

2 years. Mode of delivery Online - Part-time.

Next start date: September 2026.

Progression options

On the successful completion of your Masters programme, you may be interested in pursuing a professional doctorate. For more information, please contact us at nursing@rcsi.ie.