Let's make 2026 your year! Begin a postgraduate course this January.

What better way to start the new year than by enrolling in one of our postgraduate courses?

With QMU you can go far. Postgraduate study with us can help you climb the career ladder in your current profession, or allow you to change profession, or can be the foundation for an academic career. All our postgraduate courses aim to be professionally and socially relevant to the world we live in and are focused on developing and enhancing your skills and career options.

Listed on this page are course with a January 2026 start date.

Advancing Practice in Health Framework

Advancing Professional Practice Framework
MSc/PgDip/PgCert Advancing Professional Practice
PgCert Advancing Practice in Professional and Higher Education 
MSc/PgDip Advancing Practice in Medical Imaging
MSc/PgDip Advancing Practice in Musculoskeletal Medicine
MSc/PgDip Advancing Practice in Nursing and Care
MSc/PgDip Advancing Practice in Occupational Therapy
MSc/PgDip/PgCert Advancing Practice in Palliative Care
MSc/PgDip Advancing Person-centred Practice
MSc/PgDip Advancing Practice in Physiotherapy
MSc/PgDip Advancing Practice in Podiatry
MSc/PgDip Advancing Practice in the Theory of Podiatric Surgery 

Arts and Creative Industries

Arts and Creative Industries
MA Arts, Festival and Cultural Management
PgCert Arts Management
MA Participatory Arts
PgCert Participatory Arts

Business

Business
MSc Accounting and Finance with CIMA
MSc Accounting and Finance with CIMA with Professional Practice
MSc International Marketing
MSc International Marketing with Professional Practice
MSc International Management and Leadership
MSc International Management and Leadership with Professional Practice

 

 

Institute for Global Health and Development (IGHD)

Institute for Global Health and Development (IGHD)
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Media, Communications and Public Relations

Media, Communications and Public Relations
MSc Digital Campaigning and Content Creation
MSc Political Communication and Public Affairs
MSc Strategic Communication and Public Relations
PgCert Strategic Communication and Public Relations

Person-Centred Practice in Health

Person-Centred Practice in Health
PgCert Advanced Forensic Nursing (Person-Centred Practice) 
PgDip Health Visiting (Person-Centred Practice)
PgDip School Nursing (Person-Centred Practice)
Independent and Supplementary Prescribing (single module)

Pre-Registration Health Courses

Pre-Registration Health Courses 
MSc Physiotherapy (Pre-Registration) - NB Application for the January 2025 entry is now closed.

Post-Registration Course for Health Professionals and Social Care Practitioners

Post-Registration Courses
Advancing Practice in Signed/Spoken Language Interpreting (Single modules)
PgCert Breast Ultrasound
MSc Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
HECert Mammography

If you are interested in a particular course for entry in January 2026 and it is not listed here, please email admissions@qmu.ac.uk 

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