About Sports And Exercise Medicine in University College Cork

The MMEdSc in Sports & Exercise Medicine at UCC is designed to give clinicians a deeper understanding of sports medicine, sports injuries and exercise medicine. This programme covers the evidence base of the management of sports medicine and musculoskeletal injuries and emphasises the vital role of physical activity in the prevention and treatment of chronic illness/disease. This master’s degree will therefore educate a new, highly skilled cadre of clinicians and practitioners to manage sports injuries and the epidemic of lifestyle related diseases and conditions. This programme can be taken part-time over two years or full-time over 1 year.

Why Choose This Course

This programme was developed circa 25 years ago and successfully run by Professor Michael Molloy, Dr Fionnuala Quigley and subsequently by Dr Eanna Falvey. This restructured and revised curriculum intends to follow on from its great success.

A Master's-level degree in Sports & Exercise Medicine, from UCC, will open many doors in the world of sports and exercise medicine, from sports injury clinics to developing exercise medicine programmes for the prevention and treatment of chronic disease, and working with sports teams. Our programme is led by local, national & international experts with active involvement in the HSE and elite sports and exercise medicine settings. A distinct feature of the programme is the wide variety and large number of distinguished external guest speakers, all experts in their own field locally, nationally and internationally.

Lecturers on this programme include:

• Professor Michael Molloy
• Dr Eanna Falvey
• Professor Liam Plant
• Professor Paula O Leary
• Dr Sean Manning
• Professor James Harty
• Mr Pat Fleming
• Dr Brian Sweeney
• Dr Moya McMenamin
• Professor Mary Horgan
• Dr Paul Gallagher
• Professor Willie Molloy
• Professor Ted Dinan
• Professor Terry O Connor
• Dr Billy Murphy
• Dr Noirin Russell
• Dr Sara Mc Devitt
• Dr Mairead Kiely
• Dr Billy Murphy
• Orla Duggan
• Dr Ruth McCullagh
• Mr James Peckitt
• Eimear O Neill
• Mairead Kiely as well as many more clinical experts in the field of Medicine and Rehabilitation and Education.

Observational clinic sites include:

• Sports Surgery Clinic, Santry, Dublin
• Cork University Hospital, Primary Care clinics North & South Lee Regions
• Regional Sports Rehab facilities and the  Mardyke Arena, UCC, Cork

This MSc will provide you with the knowledge and skills to manage sports injuries and illness and to explore the relationship between physical activity and health.

Skills and Careers Information

Graduates of this programme will be able to pursue careers in the allied healthcare professions, become involved in a wide range of sport and exercise related activities from General Practice and consultants in Sports Medicine to the provision of medical care for athletes and teams as well as exercise specialists for the provision of exercise medicine services within the HSE. Medical graduates will be eligible to apply for the higher specialist training programme of the Faculty of Sports & Exercise Medicine. Graduates may also pursue a career in higher education and research.

Academic qualification equivalents

• Applicants should have an honours degree in a related subject.
• Indian applicants will normally be required to achieve a first class/first division mark in their undergraduate programme at a good institution of higher education in India. At the discretion of academic departments, students with degrees awarded by top universities such as the University of Mumbai, University of Delhi, University of Calcutta, and the University of Pune, may be accepted with high second class/high second division marks. 

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS: 6.5  Minimum individual sections 5.5
• TOEFL: TOEFL 90  Listening - 17; Reading - 18; Speaking - 20; Writing 17
• PTE: 63 Minimum individual sections 51

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