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Business Information Systems (Business, Public Policy and Law) Structured PhD

Structured PhD (Business, Public Policy and Law) (Business Information Systems) full-time and part-time

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Course Overview

The purpose of structuring the doctoral programme is to provide the support and skills that students need to help achieve their academic and professional goals. The structured PhD is a formalized, integrated programme of education, training, research, personal and professional development activities. It enables the development of discipline-specific knowledge and research skills as well as generic transferable skills.

Supervision is by a principal supervisor who is responsible for providing guidance on the research carried out by the student and manages the student’s training. The student and supervisor are supported by a Graduate Research Committee (GRC). The GRC formally monitors student progress through an annual review process in line with national and international best practice.

The Structured PhD is available as a 4-year Full Time programme or a 6–year Part Time programme (360 ECTS).

Each student must obtain a total of 30 ECTS through structured modules having a taught or skills component, over the course of the PhD and the remaining 330 ECTS are awarded for the Dissertation.

New entrants will normally register for the programme in September of each year.

Optional Modules:
Students select modules in consultation with their supervisor and/or Graduate Research Committee from the catalogue of PhD modules

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Programmes Available

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

Applications are made online via University of Galway's Postgraduate Applications System.

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Entry Requirements

Masters degree to honours standard (or equivalent international qualification). Other evidence that signifies suitability for the programme.

Who’s Suited to This Course

The BIS discipline is recognised nationally and internationally for excellence in research and teaching through scholarly contribution to academia, industry and contributing to the wider society. The discipline consistently ranks in the top QS-ranked 150 universities in the world in Information Systems. In addition to a vibrant PhD student cohort, anchored in the BIS discipline are the successful BSc BIS undergraduate programme, and 3 postgraduate taught programmes: MSc IS Management, MSc Business Analytics, and the MSc Cybersecurity Risk Management.

We welcome PhD applications in line with the strengths and core specialisms of our staff, available here.

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If you are still looking for a potential supervisor or PhD project or would like to identify the key research interests of our academic staff and researchers you can use our online portal to help in that search.