A new Pharmacy programme is set to be developed at South East Technological University (SETU).
Forty students are expected to graduate each year from the Masters in Pharmacy course at SETU, meaning 200 additional students over the five-year programme.
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Innovation, Research and Science Patrick O’Donovan TD today announced a major increase in healthcare places in Ireland through the creation of six new programmes.
Funding of €130 million unlocked from the National Training Fund will support the growth of key healthcare disciplines, aimed at addressing workforce shortages and enhancing healthcare education across the country.
As part of this initiative, following recommendations from the Higher Education Authority (HEA), several universities will establish new programmes in areas of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Dentistry.
The programmes for advancement, and their locations are:
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The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) will receive support for a new Bachelor of Dental Surgery, which will train students in a community- based model of dental education, significantly increasing the number of dentistry training places available nationally and expanding access to dental services. This programme will provide 20 new dentistry places per annum for Irish/EEA students from 2025 onwards.
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Atlantic Technological University, South East Technological University, and University of Galway will each introduce new pharmacy programmes, doubling the number of pharmacy training programmes in Ireland. At full roll-out this will provide more than 150 additional pharmacy graduates per year.
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University of Galway will also introduce a Rural and Remote Graduate Entry Medicine Stream, aimed at addressing the shortage of general practitioners in rural Ireland. At full roll-out this will provide 48 additional medicine places per year.
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University of Limerick will launch a direct entry medicine programme, building on its expertise as a provider of Graduate Entry Medicine.
The new programmes are part of a broader government strategy to expand veterinary and healthcare education.
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