Graduate Studies at the Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery is characterised by its focus on research, innovation, and student-centred learning. This empowers our students to become independent researchers, educators, and clinical leaders, and to contribute to the development of the theoretical basis of practice, the evaluation of healthcare interventions, and the delivery of optimum care to patients and their loved ones.

The Graduate research programmes in our School include MSc (Research) in Nursing, MSc (Research) in Midwifery, PhD in Nursing, and PhD in Midwifery.

Students can choose to specialise in a variety of research areas and to align their research with UCC Futures.

Other research areas: Intellectual Disability, Midwifery, Public Health, Chronic Diseases, Patient Safety, and Simulation Education for Nurses and Midwives.

Methodological expertise: Evidence-based synthesis, broad quantitative and qualitative research approaches, grounded theory, phenomenology, mixed methods research, intervention development and testing, quality improvement, implementation science, questionnaire design, using large data sets, among many others.

If you are interested in pursuing a research degree in Nursing or Midwifery, please contact the Vice Dean of Graduate Studies, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Dr Mohamad Saab on msaab@ucc.ie.