The National University of Ireland, Maynooth BSc Science with Education
The National University of Ireland, Maynooth

The National University of Ireland, Maynooth

BSc Science with Education

Maynooth, Ireland

BSc

4 years

English

Full time

Sep 2026

EUR 18,000 / per year

Key Summary

About: You'll study a four-year Science degree with 60 credits in Education, awarded as a BSc Science (with Education) – level 8 honours. You can exit after four years or continue into a guaranteed postgraduate year for a Level 9 masters, qualifying you as a Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT) in two subjects with second-level registration after five years.

Career Outcomes: Graduates apply to the Teaching Council to register and can teach mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics to senior cycle (HL). The level 8 exit supports science careers or further study; level 9 prepares you for second-level classroom, curriculum or support roles.

If you are interested in a career as a second-level science and/or mathematics teacher, this may be the degree for you.

You will study with the Maynooth University Department of Education who are committed to reflecting on and interrogating the purposes, principles and values underpinning educational policy, practice and theory. You will take a five year route to second-level teaching instead of a six-year route.

Why choose this degree?

As an undergraduate, you will study a four-year Science degree, while also completing 60 credits in Education.

After four years you are awarded a BSc Science (with Education) degree - a level 8 honours degree. You now have two pathways open to you:

  • You can choose to exit your studies with your level 8 qualification and take a different path in your education or career.
  • You can continue with your studies to become a fully qualified teacher. This means you complete one further year of study at postgraduate level - required in order to meet the Teaching Council requirements to be registered as a Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT) in two subjects. Having graduated with your Level 8 BSc Science (with Education) degree, you are guaranteed your place in this postgraduate year. At the end of year five of your studies, you will have achieved, in addition to your level 8 higher degree, a level 9 professional masters qualification. You will be a fully qualified second-level science or science and mathematics teacher, recognised by the Teaching Council to teach up to Leaving Certificate level. Through this pathway you are fully qualified after five years rather than taking the six year route.
  • An alternative, six-year route to second-level teaching is available. You can take the BSc Bachelor of Science degree (MH201) for four years and then apply for a place on the Level 9 Professional Master of Education degree. The PME is a two-year, full-time programme designed to qualify graduates to teach at second level. Entry to the PME is competitive and is not guaranteed to graduates of the BSc Bachelor of Science degree.