74 MA Programs in Ireland for 2024

The MA is a unique and innovative interdisciplinary programme that provides students with the academic knowledge and practical skills to resolve disputes between parties in a non-adversarial manner. Upon successful completion of the MA, students receive both a QQI Level 9 academic qualification. Dispute resolution is one of the fastest-growing fields and academic disciplines both in Ireland and internationally, offering professional opportunities in the corporate, legal, educational, political, HR, health, and community settings, as well as many others.

The past decade has seen a growth in digital media production, including streaming video content, and interactive media. Today’s digital media production companies require flexible, creative music departments, capable of working to short deadlines with limited resources. The MA aims to train diversely skilled, self-reliant composers ready to operate dynamically as self-employed entrepreneurs within this fluid sector.

The MA in Politics is a one-year, full-time programme that enables students to choose the areas they wish to specialise in within the field of politics. This is a truly flexible programme that enables students to tailor the degree to their own interests, skills and future career plans. The only core modules that the MA in Politics students will be required to complete will be the two research methods modules that are common to all our postgraduate taught degrees. In addition, they can choose any two electives in the first semester and any three in the second.

The MFA in Art & Ecology provides an immersive education in the development of professional practice as an ecologically oriented artist.

This is the world's first accredited advanced degree in psychoanalysis featuring the most reputable thinkers and practitioners like Bruce Fink, Jamison Webster and Todd McGowan, that puts your research at the centre stage. Its is fully remote and can be taken while being engaged in full-time work. The MA in psychoanalysis exposes you to a history of psychoanalysis, psychology, and theory. Your research will be supported by some of the world’s leading thinkers, and practitioners in psychoanalysis.

The United States is the most influential nation in the world. However, several challenges in recent years have called into question the sustainability of American leadership abroad and prosperity at home. This program, which is the first of its kind in Europe or North America, allows students to explore in depth the foreign policy and political challenges facing the United States.

A Master's Popular Music Practice at BIMM is the next step if you want to further develop yourself academically, creatively, and professionally after your degree. This course is available at BIMM Music Institute in the UK (Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, London, Manchester) Ireland (Dublin,) and BIMM University Berlin (Germany). In our campus in Dublin, this course is currently not available to international students that require sponsorship of a Student Route Visa.

CHARM-EU Master’s Program in Global Challenges for Sustainability offers a unique international learning opportunity. Students have the chance to address the pressing need for sustainability in a transdisciplinary and challenge-based environment.

How are social media linked to the economy? What role do they play in politics? How different is a life lived in and through social media? This MA in Social Media Communications addresses these and similar questions that have emerged out of the rise and rise of social media, and their increasing domination of the media and communication field.

The MA Degree in Development Studies is designed to prepare participants for work in development in a community, local government, youth/adult education, or NGO setting. It offers learners an opportunity to explore contemporary theories of social change and development and to analyse development policies and practices. It builds skills, especially in relation to research, leadership and working with groups and in the planning, management and evaluation of development projects.

The MA in Culture and Colonialism explores literature, politics and culture from Ireland to India, and from Africa to the Middle East. It is a multi-disciplinary taught Master of Arts programme, aimed at graduates from the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Students analyze imperial ascendancy, race and racial theories, nationalist movements, postcolonial experiences, the rise of neo-colonial thought, multiculturalism and interculturalism, and the implications of globalization and development for the modern world.

This programme of studies is primarily aimed at those interested in the teaching of religious education in second-level schools.

A key aim of the programme is to provide learners with a comprehensive knowledge of relevant educational scholarship in the area of teaching and learning, to support critical engagement with and the application of theoretical knowledge to practical learning contexts, to become competent and reflective educational practitioners, and to support engagement with current relevant research and the ability to ethically and appropriately carry out independent research. In addition to academic modules, learners also complete a work-based placement/practicum designed to build relevant sectoral and professional knowledge and enhance professional practice as educators.

The MA in Psychotherapy offers a postgraduate qualification which meets requirements for professional training for individuals interested in training as humanistic and psychodynamic psychotherapists in the integrative model. The course has been designed for graduates from a Level 8 Counselling and Psychotherapy programme who are suitable for supervised clinical training in humanistic and psychodynamic psychotherapy in accordance with the integrative model.

The MA in International Business is designed to produce graduates with advanced knowledge and in-depth understanding of the complexities and challenges associated with international business practice, leadership and management, the issues and drivers that inform and influence practice, and the fundamental linkages between disciplinary specialisms including strategy, risk, marketing, finance and technology.