48 Life Sciences Degree Programs in Ireland

Are you passionate about sport? Can you imagine supporting an elite athlete to the heights of their career or helping to coach a team to be among the best in the world? That’s exactly what many of our Sports Science and Health graduates do, while many others make a massive impact in the community, helping people of all ages to enjoy and benefit from sport and exercise.

Our MSc in Sustainable Development, Agri-Food, and Co-operatives is offered by the Cork University Business School (CUBS) at University College Cork. Our focus is on a deeper understanding of co-operatives, sustainable development, and agri-food systems.

Maintaining both the quality of life and a clean and healthy environment is now a major concern of Government, employers, non-governmental organisations and citizens. The EU now has a very comprehensive environmental policy, and as a Member State, Ireland is obliged to act in accordance with this policy.

The BSc (Hons) in Health Sciences (Common Entry) have many career options across a wide range of health-related industries, ranging from direct individualised care to people across the lifespan from infancy to old age and persons with special needs, or through telehealth and telecare careers, etc.

The Global Ecologies Studio Summer School is a combined studio and science course offered to students who are looking for an opportunity to explore their studio art practice while examining various concepts found in ecology and earth systems. Based in the Burren of Western Ireland, this course provides a unique experiential and observable location to explore relationships between landscape and the social sphere.

While biotechnology is fundamentally the use of biology to solve problems and make useful products, it is a multidisciplinary field that combines biology, chemistry, genetics and other sciences. Students in this field study core disciplines such as genetics, molecular biology, immunology, microbiology, biochemistry, and cell biology as well as applied areas including genetic engineering, molecular diagnostics and bioprocessing of food and drugs.

The MSc Wildlife Conservation and Management is suitable for students who wish to undertake further studies in pursuit of a career in the agricultural and environmental sciences, with a particular emphasis on the sustainable management of wildlife resources within rural landscapes. This is a unique programme dealing with the principles of population management and zoonotic diseases associated with wildlife and conflict resolution.

This programme delivers a comprehensive and future-facing education in food and bioprocess engineering, combining engineering principles with advanced manufacturing, digital technologies, and sustainability. It is ideal for graduates in engineering, science, and related disciplines who want to work at the cutting edge of food production, biotechnology, and advanced processing systems.

This joint international MSc in Global Change: Ecosystem Science & Policy is the response to these global change challenges and will suit graduates wishing to develop a scientific career in ecosystem research, as well as those aiming to contribute to evidence-based environmental policy.

With the BSc in Biotechnology you’ll gain an excellent foundation in genetics, cell biology, immunology, microbiology, bioinformatics and bioprocess engineering, as well as practical laboratory skills and invaluable skills in communications, critical thinking and problem solving. In your final year, you’ll decide to take focus either on research or on learning more about the biopharmaceutical industry.

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.

Equine science is a specialization within animal science, which involves the study of the reproduction, physiology, behavior and nutrition of horses.

The study of Applied Environmental Science is critical for establishing policies in environmental assessment, evaluating potential changes in environmental quality in response to various land use and other activities, and development management and conservation strategies, as well as contributing to policy formulation.

The MSc Education, Children and Youth is an interdisciplinary programme specialising in research, policy and practice relating to children and young people. The MSc Education, Children & Youth is an interdisciplinary programme specialising in research, policy and practice about children and young people. Set in the context of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the programme explores key aspects of the welfare and well-being of children and young people from a multi-disciplinary perspective.

The Master of Science in Urban Design and Climate Resilience is a two-year full-time Level 9 professional degree programme. It is an intensive and dynamic programme and prepares you for the range of professional activities in Urban Design, Sustainability and Climate Resilience. The MSc UDCR programme is situated in The School of Architecture and Product Design and, like the other programmes in the School, the Design Studio is at the core of the teaching methodology.

MSc in Environmental Policy, Strategy & Leadership arms graduates with the capacity to develop environmental policy choices, analyse them critically, and provide guidance in regard to their implementation and evaluation. This introduces graduates to research-based economic and environmental tools and insights.

The BSc Food Science and Human Nutrition degree provides students with a broad science-based education, with specialist content on the future of food development and production, safety and quality assurance, food chemistry, human nutrition, the role of food and healthy living, the science of sensory perception and how we experience food, the future of food in a diverse society and the social and global challenges around food security.