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26 Master's degrees offered by the university
Creative Writing
The Creative Writing programme of Trinity College Dublin was offered by the School of English for the first time in 1997–98. It is based in the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre for Irish Writing, 21 Westland Row, the birthplace of Oscar Wilde.
Theology
The Theology programme of Trinity College Dublin offers a distinctive learning experience based on the integration of the fields of theology, biblical studies and Christian practice. Students will engage critically with the intellectual challenges of ministry through the study of key themes in biblical, theological and ministerial studies
Classics
The Classics programme of Trinity College Dublin is designed both for those who are already fully trained in the classical languages and for those who have completed non-language based degrees.
Comparative Literature
The Comparative Literature programme of Trinity College Dublin is designed to provide an understanding of Comparative Literature as a subject of study and a critical practice.
Environmental History
The Environmental History programme of Trinity College Dublin offers an advanced qualification to graduates in History, Political Science, History of Ideas, Cultural Studies or similar.
Playwriting
The Playwriting programme of Trinity College Dublin is designed to equip students of exceptional talent with the skills necessary to pursue a career in theatre and related industries through the development of skills, professional practices and creative approaches to writing for performance.
Chinese Studies
Chinese Studies is a multidisciplinary field of study, drawing upon and integrating disciplines such as History, Linguistics, Politics, Social Policy, Cultural Studies and Translation Studies. The Chinese Studies programme of Trinity College Dublin focuses on China today and China over the last century.
Theology and Social Justice
Theology and Social Justice from Trinity College Dublin offers students a unique insight into how religious ideas shape and are shaped by the concrete social realities of the modern world.
Early Modern History
The Early Modern History programme of Trinity College Dublin offers well-qualified graduates in History, the Humanities and the Social Sciences an introduction to research in the political, social, cultural and religious history of Ireland, Britain and Europe across the early modern period.
Christian Theology
Christian Theology from Trinity College Dublin enables participants to gain an in-depth knowledge of core issues in contemporary Christian theology.
Irish Writing
The Irish Writing programme of Trinity College Dublin offers an exploration of Irish writing in English from the late seventeenth century to the present. Trinity has educated many important writers, from Jonathan Swift to Samuel Beckett to Eavan Boland to Anne Enright.
Medieval Studies
The Medieval Studies programme of Trinity College Dublin offers students a broad overview of the Middle Ages through Trinity’s excellent collection of medieval manuscripts, at the same time as allowing students to specialise in one of three areas: History, Language and Literature or Culture and Civilisation.
Applied Linguistics
The long-established Applied Linguistics programme of Trinity College Dublin is aimed at teachers of second and foreign languages. The discipline of applied linguistics investigates a range of issues around language in contemporary society. Among these, the most prominent issues are those surrounding second and foreign language education.
Philosophy
The Philosophy programme of Trinity College Dublin offers the foundation for advanced research in philosophy.
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.
Medieval Irish
Medieval Irish from Trinity College Dublin aims to give you the knowledge of language, literature, metrics and palaeography you need to edit and translate a medieval Irish text from the original manuscripts.
Childrens Literature
The Childrens Literature programme of Trinity College Dublin offers an exciting opportunity to study a wide range of children's literature – a broad category that encompasses everything from picture books through to Young Adult fiction.
Modern and Contemporary Literary Studies
The study of literature is never just one thing. Modern literary culture is diverse, exciting, complex, rich, and plural. The School of English is proud to offer a taught master’s degree which grows out of and embraces this multiplicity, the Modern and Contemporary Literary Studies programme of Trinity College Dublin.
Speech and Language Processing
The students of the Speech and Language Processing programme of Trinity College Dublin come from many backgrounds. Some have a background in language study, some have an interest in clinical speech and language analysis, some have a background in psychology, computer science or engineering.
International History
The International History programme of Trinity College Dublin offers students the chance to pursue historical research outside the boundaries of the nation state. Students will be trained in transnational, comparative, and international approaches to history and have the opportunity to study foreign languages, cultures, and societies.