Overview

With strong support from your lecturers, you’ll learn about children’s rights, child and adolescent mental health issues, child and family relationships, global child health and complex healthcare needs. You’ll also study various research methods and undertake a real-world research project.

This Child and Family Health and Wellbeing course at Dublin City University is for recent graduates or professionals who work or aspire to work with children, young people and families. Class sizes are small, so you’ll benefit from individual guidance and in-depth discussions.

Careers

The programme is designed to provide continuous professional development for a wide range of professionals working with children, young people and their families to significantly positively impact employability and career prospects. Graduates of this programme will progress into leadership roles, or continue into a research or education capacity.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Child and family focused care and wellbeing

Children’s rights and participation

Global child health and health inequalities

Care and service provision closer to home

Research methods and evaluation

Contemporary issues in child and adolescent mental health

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-06 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-07-01 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2027-07-31 00:00:00 , EEA/EU

Language

English

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63

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IELTS

6.5

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Dublin, Ireland

Disciplines

Health Sciences Childhood Studies View 10 other Masters in Childhood Studies in Ireland

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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120

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63

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6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants will typically hold a (NFQ) Level 8 Honours Degree with a H2.1 or equivalent. Candidates will generally hold a primary degree in a relevant discipline, for example:
Children’s nursing or other nursing disciplines; applied health and social care; education; child, youth and family support work; or a cognate discipline.

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Tuition Fees

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

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Non-residents

12300 EUR / year

≈ 12300 EUR / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

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EU/EEA Nationals

6720 EUR / year

≈ 6720 EUR / year

Living costs

Dublin

Ireland

1100 - 1800 EUR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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