Master of Science in Human Resource Management

With a strategic and international focus the MSc in HRM equips HR professionals to manage the increasing complexity and challenges in the modern HR function. The programme is CIPD accredited at the highest level.
Accredited by the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD), the MSc in HRM has a strategic, International and sustainability reflecting the critical concerns of the HR function within contemporary organisations. HR professionals today face multiple challenges in their roles, working in an increasingly complex environment.
These challenges include managing transformational change, globalisation, sustainability, digitalisation, diversity and inclusion, balancing operational and strategic issues and managing competing demands from multiple stakeholders. The MSc in HRM is designed to equip individuals with the knowledge and skills to meet these challenges.
Our modules focus on equipping students with the core knowledge and theory underpinning effective people management including managing conflict, creating environments for sustainable and decent work, talent management, learning and development, international and contemporary issues in HRM and employment relations.

Applicants will possess a minimum 2:2 honours primary degree (National Qualifications Authority of Ireland) in a relevant discipline (for example human resource management, work and organisational psychology, business management). However, applicants with cognate backgrounds (where they must have studied at least some of the following subjects in their undergraduate degrees management, organisational behaviour, employment relations, industrial relations, employment law, individual psychology, social psychology, learning, conflict management, strategy) will also be considered. An interview (face-to-face, or via telephone/skype) will normally form part of the application process. Applicants who do not meet the minimum primary degree requirement may be considered on the basis of relevant professional experience in the field of human resource management, industrial relations, training and development, employment policy, or related field.

What to Include with your Application
Qualification transcripts and certificates
A copy of your birth certificate/passport
A 1 page personal statement that outlines your interest in the programme and how your undergraduate education and/or work experiences are a fit with the entry requirements of the programme
If your qualifications have been obtained in a country where English is an official language this will suffice
If this is not available, the following additional documents must be provided:
English translation of your qualification(s)/transcripts
AND
English language competency certificate

Guidelines on Completing your Application
To ensure a speedy assessment of your application, please upload the above documents with your application form your application cannot be assessed until relevant documentation is uploaded
Please title appropriately any documents you are uploading with the application form, for example Supporting Statement, Undergraduate Transcript, Postgraduate Transcript, English Language Certificate etc.

International Students
In the case of international students, applicants must hold a qualification that is equivalent to an Irish or UK honours bachelor's degree (NQAI level 8). The degree must be in a discipline relevant to the postgraduate degree sought. To find out if you have the correct qualifications to apply for a programme at UL check the specific requirements for your home country

IELTS - Minimum score of 6.5 with no less than 6.0 in any component.
TOEFL- (paper based) - 580.
TOEFL- (internet based) - 90.