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School of Health and Science

School of Health and Science at Dundalk Institute of Technology.

The School of Health and Science here in DkIT was formed in 2004 and consists of approximately 1200 students. The School is comprised of the following three departments and two sections:

→ Department of Nursing, Midwifery & Early Years
→ Department of Life & Health Sciences
→ Department of Agriculture, Food & Animal Health
→ Section of Midwifery
→ Section of Part-time Programmes

The School offers an exciting range of courses ranging from Level 7 to Level 10 in a friendly and supportive environment. Course areas including nursing, midwifery, early childhood studies, veterinary nursing, pharmaceutical science, biosciences, biopharmaceutical science, agriculture, food production, and environmental biology, among others.

Department of Life & Health Sciences

Committed to providing high quality, relevant science programmes in a friendly and supportive environment.

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Department of Nursing, Midwifery & Early Years

Providing a range of courses at pre and postgraduate level. It is also actively involved in research in Nursing and Health Care related areas.

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Department of Agriculture, Food & Animal Health

The Department of Agriculture, Food and Animal Health provides high-quality programmes in Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Nursing.

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Research in the School of Health and Science

Discover the research groups, centres and projects within the School of Health and Science.

Smooth Muscle Research Centre

Smooth muscle is a major constituent of the internal muscular organs of the body, including blood and lymphatic vessels and the urinary and gastrointestinal tracts.

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Centre for Freshwater and Environmental Studies

The CFES engages in inter- and multi-disciplinary research that investigates environmental issues and evaluates effective solutions

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NetwellCASALA

Population ageing is wrought with challenges, but it also offers many opportunities - at NetwellCASALA, our multidisciplinary research and development activities are focused on developing more integrated community-oriented services, more sustainable home and neighbourhood design, and more age-friendly technologies.

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Head of School

  • Dr. Moira Maguire
  • Head of School of Health & Science