Expand+€1,500 (includes all matriculation and examination fees), payable in one or two instalments.

Fees are generally to be paid in one or two instalments.

The first instalment is due on or before September 08, 2017. The second instalment is due on...

Hide-€1,500 (includes all matriculation and examination fees), payable in one or two instalments.

Fees are generally to be paid in one or two instalments.

The first instalment is due on or before September 08, 2017. The second instalment is due on or before January 26, 2018.
Some programmes are invoiced on completion of the first module.

Fees can be paid by:
- Debit/Credit Card
- Cheque (payable to Institute of Public Administration)
- Bank Draft

Studying at an Institute of Technology?
Those students taking their programme through evening lectures at a regional Institute of Technology pay the first instalment of their fee to the relevant Institute of Technology and the second to the IPA.

Employers and Fees
Where employers are paying fees directly to the IPA, students, when enrolling, must submit a letter from their training or HR officer confirming that fees will be paid directly.

Note: A letter stating that fees will be refunded to students at the end of the year will not suffice.

Expand+The Programme
This programme has been designed as a development of and a follow-up to the Certificate in Health Services. Students must have successfully completed the Certificate programme before gaining entry onto this Diploma. The Diploma is des...

Hide-The Programme
This programme has been designed as a development of and a follow-up to the Certificate in Health Services. Students must have successfully completed the Certificate programme before gaining entry onto this Diploma. The Diploma is designed to amplify and build on the foundation coverage of health services and policy provided in the Certificate programme. The course is intended to constitute an important step in the career development path of healthcare staff who are working in the context of the current reform process in the Irish health services.

Is this Programme for You?
This Diploma is ideally suited to:
• Staff of all disciplines who have successfully completed the Institute’s Certificate in Health Services
• Those who wish to develop their understanding of health care policy and of the links between policy and practice
• Those who wish to pursue further an academic pathway in the study of healthcare management.

Expand+The programme is delivered through three core blocks that deepen students’ understanding of health policy within the Irish health system.

Introduction to Health Policy
• Students are introduced to frameworks for exploring and analysing health p...

Hide-The programme is delivered through three core blocks that deepen students’ understanding of health policy within the Irish health system.

Introduction to Health Policy
• Students are introduced to frameworks for exploring and analysing health policy. Key health policy priorities within the Irish health system are explored.

Governance, Funding and Quality in the Irish Health System
• Students examine broad system issues such as the increasing focus on governance and accountability, trends in funding and spending over recent decades, and drivers and polices relating to quality within the Irish health system.

Case Studies
• Students use case studies on current key issues to explore challenges with developing, implementing and evaluating health policy.