Healthcare and health science cover a wide range of careers and professions within the medical and science industry, including medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacology, optometry, plus many more.
Students studying a healthcare degree in Ireland will have access to high-technology medical equipment to practice working in a simulated environment. Modules will enable you to advance your knowledge in relation to a range of theories and concepts, which underpin the delivery of high-quality and safe healthcare.
Healthcare science courses combine state-of-the-art healthcare methodologies with relevant physiological and/or life science approaches, in order to examine the effective management of the well-being and health of individuals and/or groups of people, with a healthcare need.
You will receive a thorough grounding in the scientific foundations of health, illness and healthcare and will be taught the most up-to-date concepts in healthcare research methodology and data analysis.
Students who have successfully undertaken health studies degrees in Ireland often secure employment within the public and private healthcare sectors, as well as undertaking teaching and research roles.
Entry requirements for health studies programmes vary greatly, but students will generally always require experience in science-related subjects such as chemistry and biology.
As healthcare study and its allied subjects often have limited spaces available, entry can be competitive, especially for medicine and dentistry programmes. Applicants who meet entry requirements will also be required to undertake an interview to successfully receive an offer of a place on a course.
Please note that entry requirements vary for each university.
To learn more about the best Healthcare Science courses in Ireland, find details on the top ranking Healthcare Science universities below:
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