About Professional Master of Education (PME), PME - at University of Galway

The Professional Master of Education (PME) at University of Galway is a recognised postgraduate qualification for teaching (post-primary) and provides the professional knowledge, understanding and pedagogical skills required to become a post-primary teacher.

The PME is a two-year, full-time programme for graduates and is accredited by the Teaching Council of Ireland for the purposes of registration as a post-primary teacher (pupils aged 12-18 years) in Ireland and the EU, as well as other English-speaking countries.

To enable students to adopt an evidence-based approach to their professional practice and to respond to the complexity of teaching and learning within the modern day classroom, the design and approach to the programme is research-driven and research-based. Students will engage with contemporary research literature as well as policy at international and local level. The University context with its vibrant research culture provides an excellent location for teacher education programmes that are research driven and develop teachers as professional and critical practitioners.

All elements of the PME programmes are, whilst being theoretically informed, relevant to the real world of teaching and learning, to the challenges facing Ireland in the current economic and social context, and to the needs of our young people, building their capacity as active, engaged and responsible citizens.

At University of Galway, it is our mission to prepare knowledgeable, passionate, innovative and caring teachers who embrace diversity, change and uncertainty, and who ask critical questions about education and schooling.

Consequent to the above mission, the PME programme aims to:

Here is the provisional PME Academic Calendar 2023-24.

Please note that we also provide this course through Irish.

All applications for the Professional Master of Education (PME) are made through the Postgraduate Applications Centre (PAC). Applications for entry 2024 open on 1 October 2023.

Prior to entry into the PME, all applicants must complete a subject declaration form for return to the Teaching Council for each subject. The completed forms are to be submitted with a candidate's application through the Postgraduate Applications Centre.

Post-qualification with the PME graduates' registration as a teacher in the post-primary school system in the Republic of Ireland is regulated by the Teaching Council of Ireland.

Continuous assessment through written assignments, collaborative and research projects.

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Entry requirements for this course

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