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These are some of the degrees that are making Ireland a world leader in the pharmaceutical, IT, finance and medical-technology fields.

The Republic of Ireland is one of the most globalised and open economies in the world, with more than 35 000 students from 160 countries studying there.

DID YOU KNOW, IT IS HOME TO…

8 of the top 10 gaming companies

9 of the top 10 global ICT businesses

50% of the world’s leading financial firms

15 of the top 20 medical device companies

6 of the top 7 diagnostic organisations

9 of the top 10 biopharma firms

5 of Forbes’ top 10 companies (Apple, Google, Alphabet, Amazon and Samsung)

Cyber Security And Data Analytics

Cyber security is set to add 17 000 jobs by 2030 in Ireland alone – students can do their postgraduate qualifications at University College Dublin (UCD), University of Limerick, University College Cork (UCC), University of Galway, Dublin City University (DCU), National College of Ireland(NCI), Dublin Business School (DBS) and Griffith College, as well as at the Atlantic Technological University (ATU), Technical University of Shannon (TUS) Midlands and Athlone, Munster Technical University(MTU), and South East Technical University(SETU).

Artificial Intelligence

Great options here:

Software design with AI for Cloud Computing at TUS. Computing with Machine Learning & AI at Technological University of Dublin ( TUD). AI and Machine Learning at Limerick. Computer Science with Data Science at UCD.

Gaming

Gaming is the literature of our kids’ generation. There are degrees in computing in interactive digital art and design, multimedia mobile and web development, software design with virtual reality and gaming, computer games development, animation and games design and computing with games development. Look at Limerick, ATU, TUS, MTU, TUD, DCU, SETU, Dundalk and Maynooth

Digital Media

There are many options. For example, look at Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology for 3D design, model-making and digital art. They also offer a Master’s in User Experience Design, a skill in high demand.

Digital Humanities and Information Technology at Cork explores a broad range of arts and humanities topics, while also studying the principles of IT.

Graduate students should check out the MSc in Emerging Media at DCU. It includes a combination of core and option modules in areas such as Responsive Media, Moving Image, Media Innovation, Sound Design and Media Animation.

Biopharma

If your child did a non-tech or non-STEM degree, they can still join these fields. Take the pharmaceutical industry for example – normal entry is through the life sciences and pharmacy. However, employees who can interpret the science and communicate it to the layman are also in demand, as are those with business acumen to make the industry profitable. There are very specific degrees focused on the business side of pharmaceuticals, like the BA in Pharmaceutical Business Operations at Griffith College and the MSc Biotherapeutics and Business at UCD

Biotechnology

Associated industries are looking at those graduates with a range of degrees, from straight biotech to agri biosciences. Consider degrees in biotech at Galway, Maynooth University, DCU and TUS. Or agribioscience (along with pharma biotech, applied bioscience, and analytical and pharma chem) at MTU or dental technology at Trinity College Dublin. There is even the Irish form of biotech, a BSc in brewing and distilling at SETU Carlow. ATU has medical biotech and bioanalytical science degrees

Science And Engineering

Science and engineering faculties abound in Ireland. A very important note is the availability of common entry point engineering programmes at most universities - meaning that all aspiring engineers, regardless of intended engineering discipline, begin with the same courses for the first year or two.

Have a look at biomedical engineering – the growing demand in this industry has sprouted programmes at DCU, Trinity, Limerick, MTU, ATU, Galway, UCD, MTU Cork campus and Cork Institute of Technology

UCD has a common entry point for science and the largest faculty in Europe with 5 000 students and 500 staff and 27 degree areas to study.

Geospatial Surveying

TUD offers various courses.

Medicine

Many of these programmes allow international rotations during the clinical years and can provide entry into US medical practice and sitting the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE). The requirements for external testing like the HPAT, GAMSAT or MCAT vary by university and are updated annually, so be sure to check that you have the latest information. The number of places for international students is often limited to a fraction of the overall number of students admitted to the programme.

University of Galway – undergraduate medicine

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) –undergraduate and postgraduate entry – the most international medicine programme

UCD – undergraduate and postgraduate entry

Trinity – undergraduate and postgraduate entry

Cork – undergraduate and postgraduate entry

Limerick – postgraduate entry only – honours required

PHARMACY

Investigate the courses at RCSI, Cork, and Trinity

NURSING

DCU, Cork, UCD, Limerick, Galway, Trinity, Dundalk Institute of Technology, ATU, TUS, MTU and RCSI all have nursing programmes that accept international students. There are even speciality programmes in mental health nursing at Trinity and intellectual disability nursing at Cork.

Doctor Of Veterinary Medicine

UCD is the only place to do a DVM in Ireland and, as such, is very difficult to get into for international students and South Africans.

Dentistry

Look at Trinity, RCSI and Cork

Sustainability

Degrees in sustainable systems and energy, global challenges, sustainable building materials and sustainable energy engineering are in high demand. Look here for some interesting options DCU, TUD, ATU, UCC, and MTU. At UCD there are sustainability degrees combined with social science, policy and law, environmental science and engineering.

Finance

If investment and asset management is your interest, look at UCC. A very specialised option is the MSc in Aviation Finance at UCD’s Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School.

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 Ireland is a land rich in cultural heritage with a history of world-leading innovation

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