30 Master's degrees in Area & Cultural Studies in Ireland
Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture
The MSc in Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture at University College Dublin will provide a comprehensive course of university learning and experience in experimental archaeology and material culture analysis.

Folklore
This Folklore degree at University College Cork gives you the opportunity to study everyday life in Ireland, in all of its rich diversity and its vast range of cultural expressions. Folklore, like its synonym popular culture, makes a study of everyday life, both past and present. Quite simply, it studies life by looking at how people lived their day-to-day lives.
Irish Studies
The Irish Studies degree is an interdisciplinary programme at University College Dublin that examines the variety and diversity of Irish history, society and cultural practice.

Cultural Differences and Transnational Processes (CREOLE)
This unique international Cultural Differences and Transnational Processes (CREOLE) degree from Maynooth University is an innovative two-year Anthropology degree (120 ECTS), funded under the EU SOCRATES Programme, in which students are required to spend two of the four semesters at one or more European partner institutions.

Irish Music Studies
The Irish Music Studies from the University of Limerick encourages students to explore what constitutes Irish music in the broadest sense - analytically through research and discourse, or performatively through practice and presentation.

Migration, Mobility and Culture
The Migration, Mobility and Culture degree delivered by the University College Cork is designed to match the urgent need for initial and advanced training of professionals in all areas of society where specific knowledge regarding the complexity of interactions among people of different cultures, ethnicities and social groups is necessary.

Classical Studies
The Classical Studies degree delivered by the University College Cork allows students to develop language skills in both Latin and Greek, while also developing their knowledge of the history, art, and literature of the Roman Imperial period and of the manner in which these were transmitted through the medieval and into the modern periods.

Global Gallery Studies
The Global Gallery Studies course at University College Cork is a unique two-year part-time MA that prepares you for a career in the gallery sector and fine arts institutions in Ireland and internationally.

Chaplaincy Studies and Pastoral Work
This MA in Chaplaincy Studies and Pastoral Work course at Dublin City University, the only one of its kind in Ireland, offers an innovative chaplaincy education to people of all cultures, faiths and beliefs.
World Heritage Conservation
The World Heritage Conservation programme at the University College Dublin is a part-time, online, distance learning course designed to equip you with current thinking and professional understanding of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention.

Refugee Integration
Join the MA in Refugee Integration at Dublin City University to gain the skills and knowledge needed to lead in advocacy, crisis response and shaping inclusive policies for a rapidly changing world. Study part-time, hybrid or full time in person and become part of Ireland’s first University of Sanctuary.
Irish History
The Irish History degree at University College Dublin enables students to work closely with some of the country’s most renowned historians of Ireland to continue the tradition of providing context, insight and originality in the research of Irish history and its communication to a wide audience.

Celtic Civilisation
This Celtic Civilisation master diploma from University College Cork is intended for those who already have a degree and who wish to study the literature and culture of the medieval Celtic countries intensively over one academic year full time, or two academic years part time.
Applied Intercultural Communications
Applied Intercultural Communications is offered by Trinity College Dublin. The significance of the increase in global mobility is unquestionable. In many workplaces, cultural diversity is currently the norm.
International Pre-Master's Pathway
The International Pre-Master's Pathway programme of the University College Dublin offers students the best way to prepare for their Master’s degree. These programme provide the opportunity to attend Master's specific preparatory courses with each student attending academic modules relevant to their chosen UCD Master’s as well as modules on thesis preparation, Irish culture and creative thinking.
Public History and Cultural Heritage
The Public History and Cultural Heritage programme of Trinity College Dublin is designed to provide students with a rigorous grounding in public history and to prepare high-calibre graduates in a unique and thorough fashion for the management of cultural heritage. We define ‘public history’ and ‘cultural heritage’ broadly.

Applied Linguistics and Intercultural Studies
The Applied Linguistics and Intercultural Studies programme from Maynooth University is a one-year full time (or two-year part time) taught programme and is offered on a full-time basis using a combination of faculty-student contact hours and self-directed learning and research.
Contemporary European Philosophy
For students interested in Contemporary European Philosophy (also known as "Continental" philosophy), University College Dublin is reckoned to be one of the top universities in the English speaking world.
Gender, Sexuality and Culture
MA Gender, Sexuality and Culture offers students at University College Dublin an exciting and challenging range of modules where they will explore the theory, history and representation of gender and sexuality in literature, film, drama and popular culture.

Public History and Cultural Heritage - Pre-Master's Programme
This one-year Public History and Cultural Heritage - Pre-Master's Programme from OnCampus Ireland at University of Limerick offers successful students guaranteed progression* to a range of partner universities.