Post Graduate Training

The UCD Geary Institute is home to almost 40 graduate students from disciplines in social sciences, health sciences and business. The Institute does not award graduate degrees itself. The degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) may be awarded on the basis of research carried out by the candidate registered to University College Dublin, under the supervision of a professor or lecturer in one of UCD's Graduate Schools. If your supervisor is a member of UCD Geary Institute, you are then affiliated to UCD Geary Institute and may be based at the Institute during your studies.

More about UCD Graduate Studies

In addition to being the host for a wide range of graduate student work, the Institute is closely involved in a number of doctoral education initiatives. These include:

New PhD in Complex Systems and Computational Social Science (CSCS) was launched in early 2009 . The programme is an innovative collaboration of research groups at Geary Institute and CASL and the Schools of Business, Computer Science and Informatics, and Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering. There will be a further student intake in 2010. See here.

The TCD-UCD Masters degree in Development Practice (MDP).  The MDP is a  new two-year programme that offers a world class training and education in development practice at graduate level. The first intake of students will be in September 2010. The Masters in Development Practice will develop the core competencies required by practitioners in international development. The four pillars of the MDP are Natural Sciences, Social Sciences and Economics, Management and Health Sciences. Particular emphasis will be laid upon the interconnectedness between politics, governance, civil society, health, environmental conflict and climate change, amongst others.  The MDP will be delivered jointly by TCD and UCD in collaboration with the National University of Rwanda, Realizing Rights, Trócaire, Kimmage Development Studies Centre and Earthmind. Students will be jointly registered at TCD and UCD.  The National University of Rwanda is a key partner and students will spend a portion of time completing cross-disciplinary fieldwork in Rwanda as well as in Geneva and Liberia.

The Masters in Development Practice (MDP) is funded by the MacArthur Foundation (U.S.A.) and is part of a global network of Masters degrees in Development Practice, headquartered at Columbia University in the United States.
Links: 
http://mdp.ei.columbia.edu/
http://grantmap.macfound.org/hosting/mdp/?utm_source=pubaff&utm_medium=email&utm_content=mdp&utm_campaign=2010-05_enews

The MDP will be delivered jointly by TCD and UCD in collaboration with the National University of Rwanda, Realizing Rights, Trócaire, Kimmage Development Studies Centre and Earthmind. Students will be jointly registered at TCD and UCD.  The National University of Rwanda is a key partner and students will spend a portion of time completing cross-disciplinary fieldwork in Rwanda as well as in Geneva and Liberia

Interview with Patrick Paul Walsh, Geary Institute, Course Director of the TCD-UCD Master's in Development Practice (MDP) program can be seen here at this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36KIp31R68M&feature=related

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