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26 Master's degrees offered by the university
International History
The International History programme of Trinity College Dublin offers students the chance to pursue historical research outside the boundaries of the nation state. Students will be trained in transnational, comparative, and international approaches to history and have the opportunity to study foreign languages, cultures, and societies.
Comparative Literature
The Comparative Literature programme of Trinity College Dublin is designed to provide an understanding of Comparative Literature as a subject of study and a critical practice.
Speech and Language Processing
The students of the Speech and Language Processing programme of Trinity College Dublin come from many backgrounds. Some have a background in language study, some have an interest in clinical speech and language analysis, some have a background in psychology, computer science or engineering.
Medieval Studies
The Medieval Studies programme of Trinity College Dublin offers students a broad overview of the Middle Ages through Trinity’s excellent collection of medieval manuscripts, at the same time as allowing students to specialise in one of three areas: History, Language and Literature or Culture and Civilisation.
Clinical Speech and Language Studies
The aims of the Clinical Speech and Language Studies programme of Trinity College Dublin are to provide qualified speech and language therapists with opportunities to advance their academic knowledge and professional practice skills with specialist clinical populations.
Linguistics
The Linguistics programme of Trinity College Dublin has been running for nearly 30 years. The students have in some cases come from language professions, or direct from undergraduate degrees which include language-centred elements.
Contextual Theologies and Interfaith Relations
Contextual Theologies and Interfaith Relations is offered by Trinity College Dublin. The M.Phil. in Contextual Theologies and Interfaith Relations is an interdisciplinary course that explores the inherent contextuality and pluralism of theological reflection, and especially their implications for inter- and intra-faith relations.
Classics
The Classics programme of Trinity College Dublin is designed both for those who are already fully trained in the classical languages and for those who have completed non-language based degrees.
Literary Translation
The Literary Translation programme of Trinity College Dublin is a unique opportunity to develop a wide range of practical skills related to translation, while also building a strong understanding of the theory and history of translation thought and a keen critical eye.
Modern and Contemporary Literary Studies
The study of literature is never just one thing. Modern literary culture is diverse, exciting, complex, rich, and plural. The School of English is proud to offer a taught master’s degree which grows out of and embraces this multiplicity, the Modern and Contemporary Literary Studies programme of Trinity College Dublin.
Medieval Irish
Medieval Irish from Trinity College Dublin aims to give you the knowledge of language, literature, metrics and palaeography you need to edit and translate a medieval Irish text from the original manuscripts.
Applied Linguistics
The long-established Applied Linguistics programme of Trinity College Dublin is aimed at teachers of second and foreign languages. The discipline of applied linguistics investigates a range of issues around language in contemporary society. Among these, the most prominent issues are those surrounding second and foreign language education.
Irish Writing
The Irish Writing programme of Trinity College Dublin offers an exploration of Irish writing in English from the late seventeenth century to the present. Trinity has educated many important writers, from Jonathan Swift to Samuel Beckett to Eavan Boland to Anne Enright.
Modern Irish History
The Modern Irish History programme of Trinity College Dublin introduces well-qualified Humanities or Social Sciences graduates to research in modern Irish history, to the problems currently addressed by historians and to the methods they apply to study of the subject.
Clinical Speech and Language Studies (Dysphagia)
The Clinical Speech and Language Studies (Dysphagia) programme of Trinity College Dublin offers qualified speech and language therapists who already have a license to practise an opportunity to develop specialist skills in all aspects of dysphagia (swallowing disorders) in both adult and paediatric populations.
Playwriting
The Playwriting programme of Trinity College Dublin is designed to equip students of exceptional talent with the skills necessary to pursue a career in theatre and related industries through the development of skills, professional practices and creative approaches to writing for performance.
Chinese Studies
Chinese Studies is a multidisciplinary field of study, drawing upon and integrating disciplines such as History, Linguistics, Politics, Social Policy, Cultural Studies and Translation Studies. The Chinese Studies programme of Trinity College Dublin focuses on China today and China over the last century.
Theology and Social Justice
Theology and Social Justice from Trinity College Dublin offers students a unique insight into how religious ideas shape and are shaped by the concrete social realities of the modern world.
Childrens Literature
The Childrens Literature programme of Trinity College Dublin offers an exciting opportunity to study a wide range of children's literature – a broad category that encompasses everything from picture books through to Young Adult fiction.
Environmental History
The Environmental History programme of Trinity College Dublin offers an advanced qualification to graduates in History, Political Science, History of Ideas, Cultural Studies or similar.