UCD GRADUATE STUDIES UCD GRADUATE STUDIES COURSE LISTINGS University College Dublin An Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath GRADUATE STUDIES UCD has developed its graduate studies programmes in line with European best practice and with over 7,500 graduate students enrolled across seven colleges, the university has demonstrated an ongoing commitment to provide all UCD graduate students with the best possible graduate experience and education. Follow us UCD GRADUATE STUDIES Follow us www.ucd.ie/graduatestudies [email protected] facebook.com/graduatestudiesucd twitter.com/UCDGS UCD Graduate Studies GRADUATE STUDIES WHY GRADUATE STUDIES? Ranked within top 1% of higher UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate education institutions world- Business School was wide consistently ranked amongst the top 100 business schools in UCD is the largest provider of the world over the last 10 years graduate education in Ireland with 7,500 students enrolled UCD is an integral part of Dublin, capital city of Ireland UCD PhD students account for and gateway to Europe. The 20% of the Irish University PhD campus covers 132 hectares Sector There are currently 5,500 UCD is a diverse University international students both in academic disciplines enrolled, representing 121 and culture countries UCD Graduate Studies Course Listings GRADUATE STUDIES TABLE OF coNTENTS This booklet contains details of all the graduate programmes offered by each of UCDs Seven Colleges: UCD College of Agriculture Food Science & Veterinary Medicine 6 UCD College of Arts & Celtic Studies 14 UCD College of Business & Law 24 UCD College of Engineering & Architecture 32 UCD College of Health Sciences 40 UCD College of Human Sciences 48 UCD College of Science 58 UCD Online 66 more Degrees Explained 67 Where can I find more information 68 Student Facilities & Support 70 International 74 UCD Career Development Centre 76 Entry to UCD Graduate Programmes 78 Research Funding 81 Index 84 www.ucd.ie/graduatestudies UCD College OF Agriculture FOOD SCIENCE & VETERINARY MEDICINE The College of Agriculture, Food Science & Veterinary of the food chain, food quality, animal health and Medicine contains the School of Agriculture and welfare and public health. Research and education Food Science and the School of Veterinary Medicine in companion and sport animal health and welfare and delivers a broad range of undergraduate and are also an important part of our mission. postgraduate programmes in the areas of Agriculture, Our research contributes to an improvement in the Environment, Food Science, Human Nutrition, and sustainability of agriculture, health and welfare Veterinary Sciences. The College is committed to of animals and humans, quality and security of delivering excellence in teaching, research and food and consumer wellbeing. The research ethos innovation. of the College is to foster curiosity-based and hypothesis-driven research to best international The mission of the College is to develop and apply standards on areas of key strategic relevance to science and engineering scholarship to problems Ireland. Furthermore, our research encompasses in animal health and welfare, human health, food basic discovery of biological mechanisms, the systems and agriculture for the benefit of society application of knowledge to problem solving, both through excellence in teaching and research. The on-farm and during processing, and the translation College supports the indigenous agri-food and animal of scientific discoveries into clinical applications. The health industries in Ireland by educating students to interdisciplinary nature of our research programmes become industry leaders and by conducting world makes the College of Agriculture, Food Science & class, cutting edge research. The College is a centre Veterinary Medicine an interesting and exciting area of expertise in the sciences underpinning the safety in which to work and study. UCD Graduate Studies Course Listings 6 UCD SCHOOL OF Agriculture AND FOOD SCIENCE The mission of the School of Agriculture and The School has a broad research agenda, which Food Science is to develop and apply science and accounts for approximately 25% of externally funded engineering scholarship to applications across the research income to UCD and a cohort of over agri-food disciplines for the benefit of society through 50 academics, a similar number of postdoctoral excellence in education, research and innovation. researchers and ca. 200 PhD and 65 Masters Our research contributes to an improvement in the Students which are a major intellectual resource, sustainability of agriculture and the environment, with significant research outputs in terms of peer- the health and welfare of animals and humans, reviewed publications and citations. the quality and security of food and consumer Our research ethos is to foster curiosity-based and wellbeing. Furthermore, it encompasses the basic hypothesis-driven research to best international discovery of biological mechanisms, the application standards in areas of key strategic relevance of knowledge to problem solving, both on farm and to Ireland while encouraging multidisciplinary in downstream processing, and the translation of collaboration, both within and beyond the school scientific discoveries. where warranted. UCD INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND HEALTH The UCD Institute of Food and Health is a major Research within the Institute is divided into four campus-wide initiative at University College Dublin areas or research themes: to develop and conduct world class, multidisciplinary research into food and health. The Institute is • Food Quality and Processing unique in Ireland and Europe in bringing together • Food Safety leading academics within UCD from all areas of food • Integrated Nutrition and Health and health research. • Food chain integrity and sustainability CENTRE FOR HUMANITARIAN ACTION The UCD Centre for Humanitarian Action (CHA) was The CHA delivers an undergraduate module, a taught established in 2012 to reaffirm UCD’s commitment to MSc programme, a research-based MPhil, and a PhD excellence in research, innovation and professional programme. Students from over 15 countries work development in the field of humanitarian action. together at the CHA in a collaborative and multi- disciplinary environment. As well as teaching, the The Centre is built on the strong foundations of an core objective of the research activities undertaken internationally recognised Master’s programme in at the CHA is to deepen the understanding of humanitarian action that has produced in excess of contemporary humanitarian challenges in order to 300 postgraduates and has collaborated with various promote evidence-based humanitarian response. governmental and non-governmental organisations around the globe for applied research and policy analysis. REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOgy RESEARCH CLUSTER The School is home to the Reproductive Biology These institutes provide a key mechanism for Research Cluster, a major nationally funded research creating a critical mass in targeted research areas of programme from SFI under its Strategic Research cell and system biology, translational medicine, and Cluster initiative. Primary Investigators from the food, nutrition and health. School are key participants in the UCD Conway Institute and the UCD Institute of Food and Health. www.ucd.ie/graduatestudies 7 STAFF & RESEARCH STRENGTHS The School has a very active research programme n Advance the economic management and comprising 51 Principal Investigators, 134 graduate performance of the food chain and contribute students and 52 contract research staff . to policies and programmes in rural and agricultural development. The School’s research activities seek to: n Optimise the quality of foods to enhance the health and wellbeing of consumers. n Advance efficient and sustainable animal and crop production to contribute to national targets and adhere to policy reform. n Develop and evaluate sustainable land use. STAFF PROFILE: GRADUATE PROFILE: PROF DOLORES O’RIORDAN AIDAN COTTER ASSOCIATE DEAN OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CHIEF EXECUTIVE, BORD BIA Researchers at UCD’s School of Agriculture and This degree provided a valuable starting point for Food Science are progressive and innovative. We my career. The broad business and science content are determined to place UCD at the forefront of provided me with an overall view of the important Agriculture and Food research internationally, agri-food sector and enabled me to get involved delivering value to the industry sector and attracting with many aspects of the industry as I developed continued investment in the sector from overseas. my career. Researchers take an entrepreneurial approach creating tangible commercial outputs from their Agricultural Economics Graduate research. Postgraduate students are pivotal to the success of our research team. The school offers many opportunities to undertake research masters and PhDs. We constantly seek the best graduates and postdoctoral fellows to undertake research, in our dynamic and multidisciplinary environment. Our staff are highly competent and our programmes are housed in state of the art infrastructure. If you are interested in a research career in Agriculture and Food Science we would welcome the opportunity to discuss our research programmes with you. UCD Graduate Studies Course Listings 8 INNOVATION The School has an active innovation programme individual researchers with a detailed understanding which focuses on maximising the impact of School of the processes required taking