Course Overview

The Structured PhD is available as a 4-year full time programme and as a 6 year part-time programme (360 ECTS).Each student must obtain 30 ECTS through structured modules having a taught or skills component over the course of the PhD. The thesis remains central to the award of the PhD. The remaining ECTS are derived from the research component.

Structured PhD modules:

Research students undertaking a Structured PhD in Law must take 30 ECT in structured modules (see Structured PhD Guidelines 23-24‌‌)

 for details). Structured modules can be chosen from the following:

Law PhD modules:

Taught LL.M modules, a list of which is available at: http://www.universityofgalway.ie/law/courses/postgraduatetaughtcourses/llm-general.html#course_outline

LL.B modules (to a maximum of 15 ECT), a list of which is available at: https://www.universityofgalway.ie/courses/taught-postgraduate-courses/llb/#course_outline

Article-Based-PhDs-Guidelines (College of Business, Public Policy and Law) for further information.

 

Programmes Available

Structured PhD (full-time, four years; part-time, six years)

Applications are made online via the University of Galway Postgraduate Applications System

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Learning Outcomes

Entry Requirements

To be eligible for admission to the PhD programme, a candidate must normally have obtained an LL.M or other Master’s degree to honours standard (or equivalent international qualification). However, at a minimum, the candidate must have reached a high honours standard at the examination for the primary degree or presented such other evidence as will satisfy the Head of School and the College of his/her fitness.

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Course Outline

Curriculum Information

Curriculum information relates to the current academic year (in most cases).
Course and module offerings and details may be subject to change.

Glossary of Terms

Credits
You must earn a defined number of credits (aka ECTS) to complete each year of your course. You do this by taking all of its required modules as well as the correct number of optional modules to obtain that year's total number of credits.
Module
An examinable portion of a subject or course, for which you attend lectures and/or tutorials and carry out assignments. E.g. Algebra and Calculus could be modules within the subject Mathematics. Each module has a unique module code eg. MA140.
Subject
Some courses allow you to choose subjects, where related modules are grouped together. Subjects have their own required number of credits, so you must take all that subject's required modules and may also need to obtain the remainder of the subject's total credits by choosing from its available optional modules.
Optional
A module you may choose to study.
Required
A module that you must study if you choose this course (or subject).
Required Core Subject
A subject you must study because it's integral to that course.
Semester
Most courses have 2 semesters (aka terms) per year, so a three-year course will have six semesters in total. For clarity, this page will refer to the first semester of year 2 as 'Semester 3'.

Year 2 (90 Credits)

Optional HI546: Studies In The History Of Colonialism And Imperialism I - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional AY650: Accountancy - Credits - Semester 3
Optional EC650: Economics - Credits - Semester 3
Optional GG100: Women's Human Rights: Issues, Debates and Practice - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional GG103: Feminist Theorising - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional EC506: Econometrics - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional GS501: Seminar Programme - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional GS502: Journal Club Programme - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional GS508: Formulating a Research Project Proposal - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional GS509: Participation in Workshops/Courses - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional GS511: Research Placement 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional GS513: Research Placement 2 - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional GS514: Research Placement 3 - 15 Credits - Semester 3
Optional GS515: Research Paper Publication - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional GS520: BioInnovate I Core: Needs finding to concept generation - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional GS526: Oral/poster communications (year 1 - 3) - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional GS530: Graduate Research Information Skills - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW561: Mental Health Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW610: Disability Law and Policy - Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW6101: Legal Opinion or Advice - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW650: Law - Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW651: Human Rights - Credits - Semester 3
Optional MG650: Management - Credits - Semester 3
Optional MK650: Marketing - Credits - Semester 3
Optional MS5101: Research Skills for Business Students (online) - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional MS650: Management Information Systems - 0 Credits - Semester 3
Optional NUIM-EC605B-6A: Fundamentals of Econometrics/Econometrics - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional RM050: Research Component - 50 Credits - Semester 3
Optional RM055: Research Component - 55 Credits - Semester 3
Optional RM060: Research Component - 60 Credits - Semester 3
Optional RM065: Research Component - 65 Credits - Semester 3
Optional RM070: Research Component - 70 Credits - Semester 3
Optional RM075: Research Component - 75 Credits - Semester 3
Optional RM080: Research Component - 80 Credits - Semester 3
Optional RM085: Research Component - 85 Credits - Semester 3
Optional RM090: Research Component - 90 Credits - Semester 3
Optional NUIM_PS861C: SPHeRE Perspectives on Population Health and Health Services Research - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional NUIM_PS862T: SPHERE Health Systems, Policy and Management - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional NUIM_PS863R: SPHERE Systematic Reviewing and Protocol Development - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional TI714.I: Introduction to Practical GIS - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional GS536: Communication & Outreach - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional GS5104: Intensive Writing Workshop - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional GS5107: Work Based Placement 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional GS5108: Work Based Placement 2 - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional GS5109: Work Based Placement 3 - 15 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW550: Advocacy and Access to Justice - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW551: Contemporary Challenges in Disability Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW553: Inclusive Education Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW558: Legal Capacity Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW562: Regional Disability Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW566: Immigration Law: between sovereignty and equality - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5107: International Child Rights - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5106: Economic Social and Cultural Rights - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional MG5117: Innovation and Entrepreneurship - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional MG6103: Employment Relations and Law - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional GS507: Statistical Methods for Research - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW439: Advocacy, Activism and Public Interest Law - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW483: Advanced Legal Research & Method - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW485: Sentencing & Penal Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW491: Equality Law: Principles & Thematic Application - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW525: Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW530: Procedure Before International Criminal Courts - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW538: Transitional Justice - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW471: International Humanitarian Law - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional EC5120: Economics of Health and Health Care - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5110: International Human Rights Law Clinic - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW455: Minority Rights - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5111: Business and Human Rights 2 - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5114: International Refugee Law - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5104: Islam and Human Rights II - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5113: The Common European Asylum System - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5112: Human Rights and Global Governance - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5109: European Migration Law - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5116: Gender and Human Rights - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5117: International Human Rights Law - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5118: Public International Law - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5119: The Politics of Law - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5120: European Convention on Human Rights: Law and Politics - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5121: Transnational Lawyering - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5122: International Criminal Law - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5123: International Peace Operations - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW556: Law and Policy on Independent Living - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW486: Theories of Judicial Activism - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional ED6167: Educational Research Methodology and Development - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional EC660: Research Seminar I (Economics) - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW117: Constitutional Law - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW118: Contract - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW262: Tort - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW301: Criminal Law I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW427: European Union Law I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW225: Land Law I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW229: Company Law I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW263: Equity I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW513: Evidence I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW337: Administrative Law I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5124: Climate Justice - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5125: International Criminal Law: Issues and Application - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional EAP5109: Academic English Writing Skills for Graduate Researchers - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional EC374: Advanced Econometrics - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional EC556: Philosophy of Social Science - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW552: Foundational Theoretical Framework in Disability Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional GS505: Graduate Research Skills - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional PO1100: Public and Patient Involvement in Research - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5103: Islam and Human Rights I - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5126: Critical Race Theory and Human Rights - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional EC5143: Research Methods for Health Economics and Policy Analysis - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional SC650: Shannon College PGR Identifier code - 0 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5101: International Disability Human Rights Clinic - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5105: Contemporary Issues in International Migration Law - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5209: Legal Skills: Commercial Practice, Advocacy and Dispute Resolution - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5205: Advanced Intellectual Property Law and Development - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5203: Advanced Comparative Law - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5206: Global Issues in Contemporary Labour Law - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5208: European Consumer Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5211: EU External Relations Law - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5212: Vis Moot - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW575: Crime and Disorder - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5214: Imprisonment and Rights - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5201: EU Competition Law - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5204: International Commercial Property Law - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW5210: Commercial Law in Context - 10 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW548: Human Rights, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional LW547: Human Rights Field Work: Law and Practice - 5 Credits - Semester 3
Optional GS506: Teaching & Learning - 5 Credits - Semester 4
Optional GS5103: Conference Organisation - 5 Credits - Semester 4
Optional LW489: Disability Law Reform Challenges - 10 Credits - Semester 4
Optional NUIM_PS864CR: SPHeRE Practical Approaches to Population Health and Health Services Research Me - 10 Credits - Semester 4
Optional NUIM_PS865R: SPHeRE Working with Health Information , Data Informatics and Statisticial Analy - 10 Credits - Semester 4
Optional NUIM_PS866T: SPHeRE Health Economics - 10 Credits - Semester 4
Optional TI714.II: Introduction to Practical GIS - 5 Credits - Semester 4
Optional GG6101: Gender and Conflict - 10 Credits - Semester 4
Optional EC572: Health Systems & Policy Analysis - 10 Credits - Semester 4
Optional EC661: Research Seminar II (Economics) - 10 Credits - Semester 4
Optional LW304: Criminal Law II - 5 Credits - Semester 4
Optional LW428: European Union Law II - 5 Credits - Semester 4
Optional LW226: Land Law II - 5 Credits - Semester 4
Optional LW231: Company Law II - 5 Credits - Semester 4
Optional LW265: Equity II - 5 Credits - Semester 4
Optional LW514: Evidence II - 5 Credits - Semester 4
Optional LW3119: Jurisprudence - 5 Credits - Semester 4
Optional MK5118: Social Marketing & Sustainability - 5 Credits - Semester 4
Optional GS5112: Idea to Impact Bootcamp - Design Thinking Training Programme - 5 Credits - Semester 4

Year 3 (90 Credits)

Optional AY650: Accountancy - Credits - Semester 5
Optional EC650: Economics - Credits - Semester 5
Optional GG100: Women's Human Rights: Issues, Debates and Practice - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional GG103: Feminist Theorising - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional EC506: Econometrics - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional GS501: Seminar Programme - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional GS502: Journal Club Programme - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional GS508: Formulating a Research Project Proposal - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional GS509: Participation in Workshops/Courses - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional GS511: Research Placement 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional GS513: Research Placement 2 - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional GS514: Research Placement 3 - 15 Credits - Semester 5
Optional GS515: Research Paper Publication - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional GS520: BioInnovate I Core: Needs finding to concept generation - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional GS526: Oral/poster communications (year 1 - 3) - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional GS530: Graduate Research Information Skills - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW552: Foundational Theoretical Framework in Disability Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW561: Mental Health Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW610: Disability Law and Policy - Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW6101: Legal Opinion or Advice - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW650: Law - Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW651: Human Rights - Credits - Semester 5
Optional MG650: Management - Credits - Semester 5
Optional MK650: Marketing - Credits - Semester 5
Optional MS5101: Research Skills for Business Students (online) - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional MS650: Management Information Systems - 0 Credits - Semester 5
Optional RM030: Research Component - 30 Credits - Semester 5
Optional RM045: Research Component - 45 Credits - Semester 5
Optional RM050: Research Component - 50 Credits - Semester 5
Optional RM055: Research Component - 55 Credits - Semester 5
Optional RM060: Research Component - 60 Credits - Semester 5
Optional RM065: Research Component - 65 Credits - Semester 5
Optional RM070: Research Component - 70 Credits - Semester 5
Optional RM075: Research Component - 75 Credits - Semester 5
Optional RM080: Research Component - 80 Credits - Semester 5
Optional RM085: Research Component - 85 Credits - Semester 5
Optional RM090: Research Component - 90 Credits - Semester 5
Optional SH112: Beginners Spanish Language I - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional TI714.I: Introduction to Practical GIS - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional NUIM_PS861C: SPHeRE Perspectives on Population Health and Health Services Research - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional NUIM_PS862T: SPHERE Health Systems, Policy and Management - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional NUIM_PS863R: SPHERE Systematic Reviewing and Protocol Development - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional PS702: Qualitative Research Methods - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional GS536: Communication & Outreach - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional GS5104: Intensive Writing Workshop - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional GS5107: Work Based Placement 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional GS5108: Work Based Placement 2 - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional GS5109: Work Based Placement 3 - 15 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW550: Advocacy and Access to Justice - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW551: Contemporary Challenges in Disability Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW553: Inclusive Education Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW558: Legal Capacity Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW562: Regional Disability Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW566: Immigration Law: between sovereignty and equality - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW5107: International Child Rights - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW5105: Contemporary Issues in International Migration Law - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW5106: Economic Social and Cultural Rights - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional MG5117: Innovation and Entrepreneurship - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional MG6103: Employment Relations and Law - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW439: Advocacy, Activism and Public Interest Law - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional GS507: Statistical Methods for Research - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW483: Advanced Legal Research & Method - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW485: Sentencing & Penal Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW491: Equality Law: Principles & Thematic Application - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW525: Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW530: Procedure Before International Criminal Courts - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW538: Transitional Justice - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW471: International Humanitarian Law - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional EC5120: Economics of Health and Health Care - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW5110: International Human Rights Law Clinic - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW455: Minority Rights - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW5111: Business and Human Rights 2 - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW5114: International Refugee Law - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW5104: Islam and Human Rights II - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW5113: The Common European Asylum System - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW5112: Human Rights and Global Governance - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW5109: European Migration Law - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW5116: Gender and Human Rights - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW5117: International Human Rights Law - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW5118: Public International Law - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW5119: The Politics of Law - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW5120: European Convention on Human Rights: Law and Politics - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW5121: Transnational Lawyering - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW5122: International Criminal Law - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW5123: International Peace Operations - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW556: Law and Policy on Independent Living - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW486: Theories of Judicial Activism - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional ED6167: Educational Research Methodology and Development - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional EC660: Research Seminar I (Economics) - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW117: Constitutional Law - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW118: Contract - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW262: Tort - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW301: Criminal Law I - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW427: European Union Law I - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW225: Land Law I - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW229: Company Law I - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW263: Equity I - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW513: Evidence I - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW337: Administrative Law I - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW5124: Climate Justice - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW5125: International Criminal Law: Issues and Application - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional EAP5109: Academic English Writing Skills for Graduate Researchers - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional EC556: Philosophy of Social Science - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional EC374: Advanced Econometrics - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional GS505: Graduate Research Skills - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional PO1100: Public and Patient Involvement in Research - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW5103: Islam and Human Rights I - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW5126: Critical Race Theory and Human Rights - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional EC5143: Research Methods for Health Economics and Policy Analysis - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional SC650: Shannon College PGR Identifier code - 0 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW5101: International Disability Human Rights Clinic - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW5209: Legal Skills: Commercial Practice, Advocacy and Dispute Resolution - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW5205: Advanced Intellectual Property Law and Development - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW5203: Advanced Comparative Law - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW5206: Global Issues in Contemporary Labour Law - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW5208: European Consumer Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW5211: EU External Relations Law - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW5212: Vis Moot - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW575: Crime and Disorder - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW5214: Imprisonment and Rights - 10 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW548: Human Rights, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional LW547: Human Rights Field Work: Law and Practice - 5 Credits - Semester 5
Optional SP407: Sociology Of Work - 5 Credits - Semester 6
Optional GS506: Teaching & Learning - 5 Credits - Semester 6
Optional GS5103: Conference Organisation - 5 Credits - Semester 6
Optional GS522: BioInnovate II Core: Concept Development and Implementation - 10 Credits - Semester 6
Optional LW6102: Law Research Skills 1 - Preparation, Presentation & Discussion - 5 Credits - Semester 6
Optional SP649: Power - 5 Credits - Semester 6
Optional SPA403: Conference Presentation - 5 Credits - Semester 6
Optional TI714.II: Introduction to Practical GIS - 5 Credits - Semester 6
Optional NUIM_PS864CR: SPHeRE Practical Approaches to Population Health and Health Services Research Me - 10 Credits - Semester 6
Optional NUIM_PS865R: SPHeRE Working with Health Information , Data Informatics and Statisticial Analy - 10 Credits - Semester 6
Optional NUIM_PS866T: SPHeRE Health Economics - 10 Credits - Semester 6
Optional UCD_BIOL 40110: Global Challenges and Green Issues: Policy and Innovation - 5 Credits - Semester 6
Optional UCD_BIOL 40300: Perspectives in Earth and Natural Sciences I - 5 Credits - Semester 6
Optional GG6101: Gender and Conflict - 10 Credits - Semester 6
Optional EC572: Health Systems & Policy Analysis - 10 Credits - Semester 6
Optional EC661: Research Seminar II (Economics) - 10 Credits - Semester 6
Optional LW304: Criminal Law II - 5 Credits - Semester 6
Optional LW428: European Union Law II - 5 Credits - Semester 6
Optional LW226: Land Law II - 5 Credits - Semester 6
Optional LW231: Company Law II - 5 Credits - Semester 6
Optional LW265: Equity II - 5 Credits - Semester 6
Optional LW514: Evidence II - 5 Credits - Semester 6
Optional LW3119: Jurisprudence - 5 Credits - Semester 6
Optional MK5118: Social Marketing & Sustainability - 5 Credits - Semester 6
Optional GS5112: Idea to Impact Bootcamp - Design Thinking Training Programme - 5 Credits - Semester 6

Year 4 (90 Credits)

Optional AY650: Accountancy - Credits - Semester 7
Optional EC650: Economics - Credits - Semester 7
Optional GG100: Women's Human Rights: Issues, Debates and Practice - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional GG103: Feminist Theorising - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional EC506: Econometrics - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional GS501: Seminar Programme - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional GS502: Journal Club Programme - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional GS508: Formulating a Research Project Proposal - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional GS509: Participation in Workshops/Courses - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional GS511: Research Placement 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional GS513: Research Placement 2 - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional GS514: Research Placement 3 - 15 Credits - Semester 7
Optional GS515: Research Paper Publication - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional GS520: BioInnovate I Core: Needs finding to concept generation - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional GS526: Oral/poster communications (year 1 - 3) - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional GS530: Graduate Research Information Skills - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW552: Foundational Theoretical Framework in Disability Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW561: Mental Health Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW610: Disability Law and Policy - Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW6101: Legal Opinion or Advice - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW650: Law - Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW651: Human Rights - Credits - Semester 7
Optional MG650: Management - Credits - Semester 7
Optional MK650: Marketing - Credits - Semester 7
Optional MS5101: Research Skills for Business Students (online) - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional MS650: Management Information Systems - 0 Credits - Semester 7
Optional RM050: Research Component - 50 Credits - Semester 7
Optional RM055: Research Component - 55 Credits - Semester 7
Optional RM060: Research Component - 60 Credits - Semester 7
Optional RM065: Research Component - 65 Credits - Semester 7
Optional RM070: Research Component - 70 Credits - Semester 7
Optional RM075: Research Component - 75 Credits - Semester 7
Optional RM080: Research Component - 80 Credits - Semester 7
Optional RM085: Research Component - 85 Credits - Semester 7
Optional RM090: Research Component - 90 Credits - Semester 7
Optional TI714.I: Introduction to Practical GIS - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional GS536: Communication & Outreach - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional GS5104: Intensive Writing Workshop - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional GS5107: Work Based Placement 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional GS5108: Work Based Placement 2 - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional GS5109: Work Based Placement 3 - 15 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW550: Advocacy and Access to Justice - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW551: Contemporary Challenges in Disability Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW553: Inclusive Education Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW558: Legal Capacity Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW562: Regional Disability Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW566: Immigration Law: between sovereignty and equality - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW5107: International Child Rights - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW5105: Contemporary Issues in International Migration Law - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW5106: Economic Social and Cultural Rights - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional MG5117: Innovation and Entrepreneurship - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional MG6103: Employment Relations and Law - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional GS507: Statistical Methods for Research - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW439: Advocacy, Activism and Public Interest Law - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW483: Advanced Legal Research & Method - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW485: Sentencing & Penal Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW491: Equality Law: Principles & Thematic Application - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW525: Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW530: Procedure Before International Criminal Courts - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW538: Transitional Justice - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW471: International Humanitarian Law - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional EC5120: Economics of Health and Health Care - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW5110: International Human Rights Law Clinic - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW455: Minority Rights - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW5116: Gender and Human Rights - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW5117: International Human Rights Law - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW5118: Public International Law - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW5119: The Politics of Law - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW5120: European Convention on Human Rights: Law and Politics - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW5121: Transnational Lawyering - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW5122: International Criminal Law - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW5123: International Peace Operations - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW5114: International Refugee Law - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW5104: Islam and Human Rights II - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW5113: The Common European Asylum System - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW5112: Human Rights and Global Governance - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW5109: European Migration Law - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW5111: Business and Human Rights 2 - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW556: Law and Policy on Independent Living - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW486: Theories of Judicial Activism - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional ED6167: Educational Research Methodology and Development - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional EC660: Research Seminar I (Economics) - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW117: Constitutional Law - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW118: Contract - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW262: Tort - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW301: Criminal Law I - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW427: European Union Law I - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW225: Land Law I - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW229: Company Law I - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW263: Equity I - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW513: Evidence I - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW337: Administrative Law I - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW5124: Climate Justice - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW5125: International Criminal Law: Issues and Application - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional EAP5109: Academic English Writing Skills for Graduate Researchers - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional EC374: Advanced Econometrics - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional EC556: Philosophy of Social Science - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional GS505: Graduate Research Skills - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional PO1100: Public and Patient Involvement in Research - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW5103: Islam and Human Rights I - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW5126: Critical Race Theory and Human Rights - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional EC5143: Research Methods for Health Economics and Policy Analysis - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional SC650: Shannon College PGR Identifier code - 0 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW5101: International Disability Human Rights Clinic - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW5209: Legal Skills: Commercial Practice, Advocacy and Dispute Resolution - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW5205: Advanced Intellectual Property Law and Development - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW5203: Advanced Comparative Law - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW5206: Global Issues in Contemporary Labour Law - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW5208: European Consumer Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW5211: EU External Relations Law - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW5212: Vis Moot - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW575: Crime and Disorder - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW5214: Imprisonment and Rights - 10 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW548: Human Rights, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional LW547: Human Rights Field Work: Law and Practice - 5 Credits - Semester 7
Optional GS506: Teaching & Learning - 5 Credits - Semester 8
Optional GS5103: Conference Organisation - 5 Credits - Semester 8
Optional GS522: BioInnovate II Core: Concept Development and Implementation - 10 Credits - Semester 8
Optional LW6102: Law Research Skills 1 - Preparation, Presentation & Discussion - 5 Credits - Semester 8
Optional LW6103: Law Research Skills 2 - Engaging in Scholarship & Debate - 5 Credits - Semester 8
Optional TI714.II: Introduction to Practical GIS - 5 Credits - Semester 8
Optional UCD_BIOL 40310: Perspectives in Earth and Natural Sciences II - 5 Credits - Semester 8
Optional EC572: Health Systems & Policy Analysis - 10 Credits - Semester 8
Optional EC661: Research Seminar II (Economics) - 10 Credits - Semester 8
Optional LW304: Criminal Law II - 5 Credits - Semester 8
Optional LW428: European Union Law II - 5 Credits - Semester 8
Optional LW226: Land Law II - 5 Credits - Semester 8
Optional LW231: Company Law II - 5 Credits - Semester 8
Optional LW265: Equity II - 5 Credits - Semester 8
Optional LW514: Evidence II - 5 Credits - Semester 8
Optional LW3119: Jurisprudence - 5 Credits - Semester 8
Optional MK5118: Social Marketing & Sustainability - 5 Credits - Semester 8
Optional GS5112: Idea to Impact Bootcamp - Design Thinking Training Programme - 5 Credits - Semester 8

Year 5 (90 Credits)

Optional AY650: Accountancy - Credits - Semester 9
Optional EC650: Economics - Credits - Semester 9
Optional GG100: Women's Human Rights: Issues, Debates and Practice - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional GG103: Feminist Theorising - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional EC506: Econometrics - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional GS501: Seminar Programme - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional GS502: Journal Club Programme - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional GS508: Formulating a Research Project Proposal - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional GS509: Participation in Workshops/Courses - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional GS511: Research Placement 1 - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional GS513: Research Placement 2 - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional GS514: Research Placement 3 - 15 Credits - Semester 9
Optional GS515: Research Paper Publication - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional GS520: BioInnovate I Core: Needs finding to concept generation - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional GS526: Oral/poster communications (year 1 - 3) - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional GS530: Graduate Research Information Skills - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW552: Foundational Theoretical Framework in Disability Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW561: Mental Health Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW610: Disability Law and Policy - Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW650: Law - Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW651: Human Rights - Credits - Semester 9
Optional MG650: Management - Credits - Semester 9
Optional MK650: Marketing - Credits - Semester 9
Optional MS650: Management Information Systems - 0 Credits - Semester 9
Optional RM050: Research Component - 50 Credits - Semester 9
Optional RM055: Research Component - 55 Credits - Semester 9
Optional RM060: Research Component - 60 Credits - Semester 9
Optional RM065: Research Component - 65 Credits - Semester 9
Optional RM070: Research Component - 70 Credits - Semester 9
Optional RM075: Research Component - 75 Credits - Semester 9
Optional RM080: Research Component - 80 Credits - Semester 9
Optional RM085: Research Component - 85 Credits - Semester 9
Optional RM090: Research Component - 90 Credits - Semester 9
Optional TI714.I: Introduction to Practical GIS - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional GS536: Communication & Outreach - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW550: Advocacy and Access to Justice - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW551: Contemporary Challenges in Disability Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW553: Inclusive Education Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW558: Legal Capacity Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW562: Regional Disability Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW566: Immigration Law: between sovereignty and equality - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW5107: International Child Rights - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW5105: Contemporary Issues in International Migration Law - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW5106: Economic Social and Cultural Rights - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional MG5117: Innovation and Entrepreneurship - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional MG6103: Employment Relations and Law - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW432: Business & Human Rights 1 - 15 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW439: Advocacy, Activism and Public Interest Law - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional GS507: Statistical Methods for Research - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW483: Advanced Legal Research & Method - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW485: Sentencing & Penal Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW491: Equality Law: Principles & Thematic Application - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW525: Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW530: Procedure Before International Criminal Courts - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW471: International Humanitarian Law - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional EC5120: Economics of Health and Health Care - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW5111: Business and Human Rights 2 - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW5114: International Refugee Law - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW5104: Islam and Human Rights II - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW5113: The Common European Asylum System - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW5112: Human Rights and Global Governance - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW5109: European Migration Law - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW5110: International Human Rights Law Clinic - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW455: Minority Rights - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW5116: Gender and Human Rights - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW5117: International Human Rights Law - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW5118: Public International Law - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW5119: The Politics of Law - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW5120: European Convention on Human Rights: Law and Politics - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW5121: Transnational Lawyering - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW5122: International Criminal Law - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW5123: International Peace Operations - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW556: Law and Policy on Independent Living - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW486: Theories of Judicial Activism - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional ED6167: Educational Research Methodology and Development - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional EC660: Research Seminar I (Economics) - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW117: Constitutional Law - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW118: Contract - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW262: Tort - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW301: Criminal Law I - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW427: European Union Law I - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW225: Land Law I - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW229: Company Law I - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW263: Equity I - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW513: Evidence I - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW337: Administrative Law I - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW5124: Climate Justice - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW5125: International Criminal Law: Issues and Application - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional EAP5109: Academic English Writing Skills for Graduate Researchers - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional EC556: Philosophy of Social Science - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional EC374: Advanced Econometrics - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional GS505: Graduate Research Skills - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional MS5101: Research Skills for Business Students (online) - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional PO1100: Public and Patient Involvement in Research - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW5103: Islam and Human Rights I - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW5126: Critical Race Theory and Human Rights - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional EC5143: Research Methods for Health Economics and Policy Analysis - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional SC650: Shannon College PGR Identifier code - 0 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW5101: International Disability Human Rights Clinic - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW538: Transitional Justice - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW5209: Legal Skills: Commercial Practice, Advocacy and Dispute Resolution - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW5205: Advanced Intellectual Property Law and Development - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW5203: Advanced Comparative Law - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW5206: Global Issues in Contemporary Labour Law - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW5208: European Consumer Law and Policy - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW5211: EU External Relations Law - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW5212: Vis Moot - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW575: Crime and Disorder - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW5214: Imprisonment and Rights - 10 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW548: Human Rights, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional LW547: Human Rights Field Work: Law and Practice - 5 Credits - Semester 9
Optional GS506: Teaching & Learning - 5 Credits - Semester 10
Optional GS522: BioInnovate II Core: Concept Development and Implementation - 10 Credits - Semester 10
Optional TI714.II: Introduction to Practical GIS - 5 Credits - Semester 10
Optional EC572: Health Systems & Policy Analysis - 10 Credits - Semester 10
Optional EC661: Research Seminar II (Economics) - 10 Credits - Semester 10
Optional LW304: Criminal Law II - 5 Credits - Semester 10
Optional LW428: European Union Law II - 5 Credits - Semester 10
Optional LW226: Land Law II - 5 Credits - Semester 10
Optional LW231: Company Law II - 5 Credits - Semester 10
Optional LW265: Equity II - 5 Credits - Semester 10
Optional LW514: Evidence II - 5 Credits - Semester 10
Optional LW3119: Jurisprudence - 5 Credits - Semester 10
Optional GS5103: Conference Organisation - 5 Credits - Semester 10
Optional MK5118: Social Marketing & Sustainability - 5 Credits - Semester 10

Research Areas

Areas of expertise include:

Please use our online portal to help locate a supervisor in a research area. 

 

Funding Opportunities

IRC: http://research.ie/

Hardiman scholarships: http://www.universityofgalway.ie/hardiman-scholarships/

Researcher Profiles

Candidates who are unsure who to contact in relation to supervision, or who wish to obtain more information, should review the current relevant staff listing or contact Dr. Rónán Kennedy or the School of Law Administration. Candidates, proposed topic, and intended supervisor of research must be approved by the School. 

Course Fees

Fees: EU

€5,750 p.a. (€5,890 including levy) 2024/25

Fees: Non EU

€14,500 p.a. (€14,640 including levy) 2024/25

Extra Information


EU Part time: Year 1 €4,250 p.a. (€4,390 including levy) 2024/25


All students, irrespective of funding, must pay the student levy €140.

Contact Us

Structured PhD GuidelinesStructured PhD Guidelines 23-24

Dr. Rónán Kennedy or School of Law Administrator
School of Law, University of Galway.
T +353 91 495626 or +353 91 492389
ronan.m.kennedy@universityofgalway.ie or law@universityofgalway.ie
www.universityofgalway.ie/law/