Structured Ph.D (Law)

Course Overview

The Structured Ph.D. is a 4-year full-time program (360 ECTS). Each student must obtain 30 ECTS through structured modules having a taught or skills component over the course of the Ph.D. The thesis remains central to the award of the Ph.D. The remaining ECTS are derived from the research component.

 The School of Law and its specialized research centers, notably, the Irish Centre for Human Rights and the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, offers a number of in-house modules specifically tailored to Ph.D. students as part of the Structured Ph.D. Programme.  In addition, the full suite of modules from our various Master’s programs is available to Ph.D. students as part of the Structured Ph.D. program.  If you are interested in taking one of these modules, you should discuss the relevance of the module to your research with your supervisor and also check with the module owner to ensure that the module is being run in the particular year and that there is space for you.  You must register for any modules you take as part of the Structured Programme.  Modules are assessed in the usual way for the assessment of that course (usually by essay) and the results are presented at your annual Graduate Research Committee meeting.