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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.
All applicants will be notified of the outcome of the decision of the scholarship committee. No correspondence will be entered into about the committee’s decision.
The UCD PhD Programme in Law
PhD students join the 30 full-time academics with leading national and international reputations as a fully integrated part of the vibrant research community in UCD School of Law. Candidates also enjoy the benefits of a structured PhD programme with a three-person supervisory panel, sophisticated skills training, research bursaries, and dedicated office and common room space. PhD students in the School present and publish their work nationally and internationally and organise a successful annual conference, leaving them with theses of publishable quality. On completion, our doctoral graduates have gone on to secure academic posts in a variety of European universities, including leading institutions in France, the UK and Ireland.
The UCD PhD Programme in European Law and Governance
Candidates in this programme develop multidisciplinary expertise on the law and politics of European governance, with substantive and research skills training through the School of Law and the School of Politics and International Relations. Candidates have a supervisory panel of three staff with a minimum of one from each School, and register to the School where their primary supervisor is located. They also become Fellows of the internationally renowned Dublin European Institute, Ireland’s leading research centre on European integration and governance. Graduates are well-positioned to pursue careers in law, policy analysis and academia.