Scholarships for graduate study at UCD Sutherland School of Law, Deadline- 27 March 2025
Closing date/time: Thursday 27th March 2025, 5pm (Ireland)
The Sutherland School of Law is pleased to offer a doctoral scholarship in law for the academic year commencing in September 2025.
The aim of the scholarship is to attract applicants of the highest academic calibre to pursue a PhD in the UCD Sutherland School of Law, and to provide them with the training, experience and mentorship necessary to their research career development.
The scholarship is aimed at outstanding candidates who exceed the threshold criteria for admission to the PhD programme. In particular:
– Candidates should have a First-Class honours undergraduate degree (or equivalent), or a high 2.1 honours degree (or equivalent) supplemented by outstanding subsequent academic or professional accomplishments in law or a cognate field.
– Candidates should have either a Master’s degree in law or a cognate field, and/or extensive and relevant professional experience demonstrative of capacity for independent research and writing.
The scholarship will provide tuition fees at up to the non-EU rate and a yearly stipend of €25,000. The scholarship is tenable for a maximum of four years, renewable each year subject to satisfactory progress. The scholarship is available to full-time students commencing their doctoral studies in the Sutherland School of Law in September 2025 (or exceptionally January 2026).
Doctoral scholarship holders are usually offered some teaching opportunities as a career development opportunity.
The Sutherland School of Law has a diverse international community of doctoral students from across the globe.
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
How to apply:
Candidates should identify a potential supervisor or supervisors at the School based on the fit between their research expertise and your research proposal, and contact the potential supervisor to discuss their availability, capacity and expertise. They may be in a position to offer some guidance on your research proposal, but this is not essential. Supervisor support is usually a prerequisite for admission, but admissions decisions are made by the School collectively not individual supervisors.
The School particularly welcomes applicants with research proposals that align with the expertise of Faculty working in legal history and related fields, a particular strength of the Sutherland School of Law. However, applications in all fields of law are welcome, provided the proposals fit with the expertise of an identified potential supervisor or supervisors.
By the deadline
- 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 Sutherland School of Law, including the identity of your preferred supervisor, and if they have indicated their support.
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