Occupational and Environmental Health & Safety at University of Galway

University of Galway, based in the west coast of Ireland offers an internationally recognised, professionally accredited MSc/HDip in Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety (OEHS).

Our MSc programme prepares graduates to be competent practitioners in workplace safety, exposure assessment, occupational health & wellbeing and environmental sustainability. This programme which is one year in duration enables graduates to take on managerial responsibilities within industry or work with a regulatory agency or consultancy. There is continuous demand for such graduates internationally, for further details regarding our programme please see our website:

Our Accreditations

Our programmes are internationally accredited to professional bodies such as the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health UK (IOSH), the British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) and the Irish Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI), which means that our MSc programme can help you achieve the highest professional standards and gain international recognition.

Let’s hear from one of our recent MSc students:

Niamh Goff-MSc Occupational and Environmental Health & Safety, Graduated 2020.

Coming from a nursing background, the MSc programme allowed me to further develop my knowledge in occupational health but also sparked my interest in workplace environmental, health & safety management. Since qualifying, I have worked as an EHS Advisor for an engineering company on large Datacentre construction projects in Germany and as a consultant in a leading sustainability consultancy. The knowledge I gained throughout the course gave me the confidence and information needed to be able to work on exciting projects across a range of sectors and with some of the top Tech, Pharmaceutical and Chemical companies in Europe. 

I recently decided to focus more in the Datacentre industry and am now working as an EHS Program Manager with Google in Germany. The opportunities in EHS are endless and I highly recommend this course as a great career decision!