Key Information
- Duration: Full-time, 36 months
- Start dates & application deadlines: Starting September 2026. Apply anytime.
- Language: English
- English requirements: Duolingo English Test: 120; TOEFL iBT: 90 or 4.5; PTE Academic: 63; OTE: 140; IELTS: 6.5
Overview
The Clinical Psychology programme from University College Cork is delivered in partnership between the University and Health Services Executive (HSE) and other organisations. Trainees spend about 45% of their time at UCC, studying, and carrying out supervised research and about 55% on clinical placements. Each student is offered a specified purpose contract of employment for 3 years as a Trainee Clinical Psychologist with the HSE or other organisations.
Most placements will be located in the Cork / Kerry region. However, they may be located anywhere in Ireland. Trainees must be available to travel to placements beyond Cork city. Application to the programme is considered acceptance by candidates that they are prepared to travel as such.
As well as completing placements and study in Adult Mental Health, Intellectual Disability and Autism, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, and Elective areas, trainees also receive support for Personal and Professional Development, and an advanced training in clinical research leading to a research thesis.
Careers Information
Clinical psychologists provide a variety of services including assessment, therapy, and consultancy. They work primarily, but not exclusively in child and/or adult and disability services where emotional, behavioural, psychiatric or developmental difficulties are addressed.
Career opportunities exist for professionally qualified clinical psychologists in a variety of health, prison services and social care settings. Opportunities may also be found in educational services and institutions. Most D.Clin.Psych. graduates take up employment in the HSE but some are also employed within other agencies such as the charity sector and prison service.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Adult Clinical Psychology
- Adult Mental Health Placement
- Child Mental Health and Disability
- Research Design Analysis
- Clinical Psychology Applied to Intellectual Disability and Autism
Admission Requirements
Academic Requirements
GPA: Upper Second Class
English Requirements
Duolingo English Test: 120
TOEFL iBT: 90 OR 4.5
PTE Academic: 63
OTE: 140
IELTS: 6.5
Other Requirements
General Requirements
- Applicants must be eligible for graduate registration with the Psychological Society of Ireland
- Applicants must have a minimum Second Class Honours Grade 1 in a primary honours degree (NFQ, Level 8). This can be either:
- An honours primary degree in Psychology which confers eligibility for graduate registration OR
- An honours primary degree in another subject (minimum Second Class Honours Grade 1 in a primary honours degree (NFQ, Level 8) together with an accredited conversion qualification (minimum Second Class Honours Grade 1) which confers eligibility for graduate registration.
- Furthermore, applicants with a minimum Second Class Honours Grade 2 in a primary honours degree (NFQ, Level 8) in either of the above categories may also apply if they have also been awarded an additional Masters or a PhD relevant to Clinical Psychology.
Fees and Funding
Tuition Fees
International: 47,362 AUD / year (≈ 29,070 EUR / year)
EU/EEA: 24,064 AUD / year (≈ 14,770 EUR / year)
Living Costs
Cork, Ireland: 1,401-2,281 AUD / month
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