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Tuition fee
7900 EUR / year
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Tuition fee
7900 EUR / year
5700 EUR / year
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Duration
24 months
Duration
24 months
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Taught in
English
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English

About

The Healthcare Quality Improvement (Online) programme from University College Cork Online is an exciting, contemporary, degree for healthcare professionals, offering a flexible mode of learning while continuing to work.

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Overview

This Healthcare Quality Improvement (Online) programme from University College Cork Online will enable practitioners to take leadership roles in an increasingly complex healthcare environment with an emphasis on quality improvement in healthcare. It should appeal to students from a number of clinical areas and from management positions. 

This online programme offers a flexible online approach to learning, designed to allow healthcare professionals to undertake their studies while working simultaneously. The programme is designed to allow students to undertake their studies while working simultaneously with the intention to suit service, personal and academic requirements.

Skills and Careers Information

What can I do after I graduate with an MSc in Healthcare Quality Improvement?

This online, MSc in Healthcare Quality Improvement enables students to take a leadership role in clinical practice in an increasingly complex healthcare environment with an emphasis on quality improvement in healthcare.

The programme prepares healthcare professionals to advance patient-centred care with a specific skillset relevant to contemporary healthcare including but not limited to patient safety, digital healthcare, practice enhancement and quality improvement, research and evidence-based practice, and managing and leading change innovation.

Our graduates will be well-positioned to engage in leadership roles relating to quality improvement initiatives, and middle/senior management in their work environments as well as seeking promotional opportunities in these areas. Our graduates will be qualified to pursue a number of exciting careers including:

  • Management
  • Practice development positions
  • Quality improvement/project manager positions
  • Clinical research positions

Programme Structure

Courses include:

  • Digital Healthcare
  • Advancing Practice for Patient Safety
  • Practice Enhancement for Quality Healthcare
  • Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice for Quality Improvement in Healthcare
  • Contemporary Issues in Healthcare
  • Clinical Leadership for Healthcare Quality Improvement

Key information

Duration

  • Part-time
    • 24 months
    • Flexible

Start dates & application deadlines

More details
  • Open until all places have been filled or no later than 15 June. Early application is advised.

Language

English
Duolingo English Test
120
TOEFL® IBT
OR
90
OR
4.5
PTE Academic
63
OTE
140
IELTS
6.5

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Credits

90 ECTS

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

  • Cork, Ireland

What students do after studying

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Academic requirements

GPA admission requirements GPA
Required

English requirements

Duolingo English Test
120
TOEFL® IBT
OR
90
OR
4.5
PTE Academic
63
OTE
140
IELTS
6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

  • Applicants must be qualified healthcare professionals registered with the regulatory body in their country of residence.
  • Applicants must have a primary degree, Level 8 or equivalent.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
  • International

    Non-residents
    7900 EUR / year
    ≈ 7900 EUR / year
  • EU/EEA

    EU/EEA Nationals
    5700 EUR / year
    ≈ 5700 EUR / year

Funding

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Scholarships Information

Below you will find Master's scholarship opportunities for Healthcare Quality Improvement (Online).

Available Scholarships

You are eligible to apply for these scholarships but a selection process will still be applied by the provider.

Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
30 Nov 2026
ServiceScape Scholarship

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ServiceScape
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
3500 USD
Deadline
15 Nov 2026
ACES Scholarships

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ACES Education Fund
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
Not specified
Erasmus+ - Grants for study mobility
Merit-based

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OeAD, Austria's Agency for Education and Internationalisation
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
Not specified
Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarships

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ACU (The Association of Commonweath Universities)
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
6000 USD
Deadline
30 Jan 2027
Amber Scholarship For September Intake

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Amber Student
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
6000 USD
Deadline
31 Jan 2027
Amberscholar Scholarship
Merit-based

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Amber Scholar
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
1500 USD
Deadline
Anytime
AUFIN Global Impact Scholarship
Merit-based

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AUFIN Education & Scholarship
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
01 Mar 2027
Voice Talent Online Scholarship

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Voice Talent Online
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
06 Jan 2027
Jewish Heritage Scholarship
Merit-based

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Diamant Gerstein
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
13 Jan 2027
Dream Chaser Scholarship
Merit-based

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Salvado Law
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
5000 CAD
Deadline
31 Dec 2026
Pinsky Law New Venture Development Scholarship
Merit-based

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Pinsky Law
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
10000 EUR
Deadline
12 Mar 2027
Government Of Ireland Scholarships

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Government Of Ireland
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
3000 USD
Deadline
31 Dec 2026
Scholarship for students with disabilities
Need-based

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Anonymous Hope Fund
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
31 Dec 2026
Grants of the Leopold Figl Foundation for students with residence in Lower Austria
Need-based

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Leopold Figl Foundation
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
1500 USD
Deadline
Not specified
The Annual IELTS from 6 to 9 Scholarship

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IELTS from 6 to 9
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
Not specified
Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters scholarships

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European Commission
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
965 USD
Deadline
Anytime
Dr. Martin Blank – SYB Scholarship
Merit-based

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Shield Your Body
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
12000 USD
Deadline
11 Jan 2027
Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme

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The Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
1500 USD
Deadline
Not specified
Novus Biologicals Scholarship

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Bio-Techne
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
5000 USD
Deadline
Not specified
“The Hope For Healing” Scholarship

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FHE Health
Location not available
Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
Not specified
R&D Systems Scholarship
Merit-based

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Bio-Techne
Location not available

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