UCD School of Law Doctoral Scholarships
Closing Date: Tuesday 8th May 2012
The School of Law is pleased to offer two new doctoral scholarships in law from September 2012. The scholarships will provide tuition fees at the EU rate and a yearly stipend of €7,000.
The scholarships are tenable for a maximum of three years, renewable each year subject to satisfactory progress
The scholarships are available to new students commencing their doctoral studies in the School of Law for the first time in September 2012 on a full-time basis The scholarships are open to PhD candidates undertaking research in any area in the School of Law but applications in the areas of constitutional and administrative law, legal history, media law, privacy law and charity law and regulation are particularly welcome.
The scholarships are open to Irish, EU and international applicants. Any offer to an international applicant is conditional on the applicant demonstrating at the time of accepting the offer that s/he has sufficient funds to cover both the difference between the EU and international tuition fees and to supplement the living allowance to cover the cost of living in Dublin. Information for international students contemplating studying at UCD is available at http://www.ucd.ie/international/ Some teaching will be required of scholarship holders (up to four hours per week of tutorials (or equivalent) during the 24 teaching weeks of the year).
How to apply
Please complete an on-line University postgraduate application available at http://www.ucd.ie/apply by 8 May 2012. Please also send a covering letter explaining
- why you wish to undertake a PhD, and in particular, why you wish to undertake a PhD at UCD School of Law
This letter should be no more than two sides of A4 single-spaced paper and can be sent either as an email attachment to niamh.mccabe@ucd.ie or in hard copy to Ms. Niamh McCabe, Graduate Programme Manager, School of Law, UCD, Roebuck Castle, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland. Please note that it is your responsibility to ensure that references are received before the closing date for this scholarship.
If you have any queries on the application process or scholarships please contact Ms. McCabe at the above email address. Should you have any queries on the programme please contact the Director of Doctoral Studies, Dr Gavin Barrett (gavin.barrett@ucd.ie) or the Assistant Director, Dr Fiona de Londras (fiona.delondras@ucd.ie).
Late applications will not be accepted.
