Programme Overview:
- Duration:
- 1 Years / 2 Years
- Attendance:
- Full Time / Part Time
- Mode of Delivery:
- Face-to-Face
- Next Intake:
- 2024/2025 September
- Contact Name:
- Dominic Shellard
- Contact Number:
- +353 (0)1716 8682
- Fees:
- Fee Information
Over the past thirty years, Gender Studies at UCD has become one of the most established programmes of its kind in Ireland with a strong international reputation for feminist, queer, sexualities and masculinities scholarship, teaching and engagement in public policy and activism. Our programmes include a well-recognised PhD programme, and a Masters and Graduate Diploma in Gender Studies from one of the top 1% universities in the world. Visit us HERE
Graduates have become central members of local communities, key members of NGOs, employees in public-sector agencies, education and media organisations in roles such as: social researchers, project development managers, lecturers, journalists, and policy and advocacy officers.
Graduates work in Amnesty International, Immigrant Council of Ireland, Crisis Pregnancy Programme, Médecins Sans Frontières, National Broadcasting Authority, RTE, and the National Women’s Council of Ireland.
Curricular information is subject to change
Full Time option suitable for:
Domestic(EEA) applicants: Yes
International (Non EEA) applicants currently residing outside of the EEA Region. Yes
Part Time option suitable for:
Domestic(EEA) applicants: Yes
International (Non EEA) applicants currently residing outside of the EEA Region. No
Gender Studies Studies programmes, based in School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice at UCD are aimed at, but not exclusive to, applicants who have already completed an undergraduate degree in sociology, politics, history or other relevant fields and are interested in exploring further how gender plays a crucial role in the way we see the world and in how the world is organised.
Applicants are required to have a minimum of a 2.2 Honours or international equivalent in a honours level Bachelors degree (NFQ Level 8). Applicants whose first language is not English also require proof of English language proficiency. English language certificates and the level of proficiency that the school requires is detailed here.
Applicants should also submit the contact details for two referees, at least one of whom should know you in an academic capacity, as well as a personal statement (circa 4-500 words) explaining why you are interested in studying this course.
Modules as links to module descriptors will be available from March 2017 onwards. The course curriculum consists of the following core and optional modules.
Core Modules
| SSJ40010 | Feminist and Egalitarian Research | 10 credits |
| SSJ40050 | Gender Theories: Critical Themes | 10 credits |
| WS40050 | Gender and Globalization | 10 credits |
| WS40150 | Gender, Inequality and Public Policy | 10 credits |
Optional Modules (20 credits from)
| WS40330 | Gender, War and Violence | 10 credits |
| WS40360 | Reproductive Justice and Sexualities | 10 credits |
| WS40260 | History of Feminist Politics | 10 credits |
| EQUL40310 | Masculinities and Equality | 10 credits |
| EQUL40190 | Education and Equality | 10 credits |
| EQUL40040 | Traveller's Rights and Nomadism | 10 credits |
| SOC40610 | Race,Space and Place | 10 credits |
| PHIL41280 | Feminst and Gender Theory | 10 credits |
GradDip Gender Studies (W381) Full Time
EU fee per year - € 6710
nonEU fee per year - € 15070
GradDip Gender Studies (W382) Part Time
EU fee per year - € 4340
nonEU fee per year - € 7540
***Fees are subject to change
Tuition fee information is available on the UCD Fees website. Please note that UCD offers a number of graduate scholarships for full-time, self-funding international students, holding an offer of a place on a UCD graduate degree programme. For further information please see International Scholarships.
Gender Studies Studies programmes, based in School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice at UCD are aimed at, but not exclusive to, applicants who have already completed an undergraduate degree in sociology, politics, history or other relevant fields and are interested in exploring further how gender plays a crucial role in the way we see the world and in how the world is organised.
Applicants are required to have a minimum of a 2.2 Honours or international equivalent in a honours level Bachelors degree (NFQ Level 8). Applicants whose first language is not English also require proof of English language proficiency. English language certificates and the level of proficiency that the school requires is detailed here.
Applicants should also submit the contact details for two referees, at least one of whom should know you in an academic capacity, as well as a personal statement (circa 4-500 words) explaining why you are interested in studying this course.
Heather Hartwick - Canada, graduate of MA Gender Studies (formerly MA Women, Gender and Society)
My advice to other international students considering the MA Gender Studies is: do it! You will never regret it. I loved the staff; they have been more than helpful and caring. My professors and colleagues have made me feel at home and like I have a network of people to call on if any issues arose, personal or professional. Studying in UCD has offered me such a different dimension of understanding that I would never have experienced in a university in my native country.
The following entry routes are available:
* Courses will remain open until such time as all places have been filled, therefore early application is advised