MT927 · Level 8 · 4 years

Mental Health Nursing

Munster Technological University - Kerry · Munster

2026 Round 1 points

347

Up 10 points since 2023 (337).

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About this course

A nursing degree that qualifies you as a mental health nurse. You learn to support people with mental illness and distress, and their families, in hospitals and in the community.

How long
4 years
What you study
First year includes professionalism in nursing, health and wellbeing, safe practice skills, mental health nursing care, and sociology and psychology of health. There are 76 weeks of classroom learning and 81 weeks of clinical placement.
Placement and abroad
Placements include acute mental health care, care of older people and community services, ending with a 36-week rostered placement, and Erasmus is available.
Where it can lead
Graduates can register as mental health nurses, work in many settings in Ireland or abroad, and move into specialist, management, teaching or research roles.
Who it suits
Suits students who are patient and good listeners and want to help people through mental health challenges.

Summary written by FindMyCollegeCourse.ie from the college's own course information. Check the college website for full details.

About Health

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Points history

2023337202432720253412026347

Round 1 points by year

YearRound 1Final (end of season)Middle student
2026347Published after the final round
2025 341341358
2024 327307348
2023 337337366

Round 1 is the points needed for a first-round offer. Final is the lowest points offered a place after all rounds. Middle student is the points of the student in the middle of everyone who got a place. * means not everyone on those points got a place (random selection). Source: CAO points lists.

Subject requirements

  • English or Irish: Higher H7 or Ordinary O6
  • Mathematics: Higher H7 or Ordinary O6
  • Lab Science Subject: Higher H7 or Ordinary O6

These are the course's own subject requirements. You also need to meet the college's general minimum entry requirements.

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