Ulster University

Advanced knowledge in symptom management in Palliative Care

Ulster UniversityBelfast, United Kingdom

Course overview

Module strapline: Enhancing the skills of health and social care professionals to deliver advanced holistic and person centred palliative care.

Key highlights

  • Develops advanced skills in palliative care symptom management
  • Focuses on holistic, person-centred palliative care delivery
  • Designed for health and social care professionals

Entry requirements

  • Other English test — Applicants should meet the required University standards to be accepted on this course.

Scholarships

  • Creative Industries and Communication Scholarship

    £2,200 scholarship applied as discount to your tuition fee. In addition to the £2,000 international postgraduate scholarship.

    Up to £2,200
  • GREAT Scholarship

    We are offering £10,000 towards tuition fees for one-year Masters programmes (excluding eLearning) to students from from a range of countries, who will enrol into UK higher education institutions in the 2026-27 academic year.

    Up to £10,000
  • International Postgraduate Scholarship

    £2,000 scholarship applied as a discount to your tuition fee.

    Up to £2,000
  • Law and Criminology Scholarship

    £2,200 scholarship applied as discount to your tuition fee. In addition to the £2,000 international postgraduate scholarship.

    Up to £2,200
  • Study Abroad Scholarship

    10% international tuition fee discount.

    Up to 10% of fees

Careers this course leads to

  • Palliative Care Nurse Specialist
  • Hospice Nurse
  • Advanced Nurse Practitioner
  • Community Palliative Care Nurse
  • Macmillan Nurse

Cost of study

UK/Home: £7,240 | International: £18,310

Admission

Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Ulster University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.

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