GCAS College Dublin - The Global Centre for Advanced Studies
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Online
PhD
DURATION
3 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Key Summary
GCAS College Dublin is recruiting the best minds and researchers of the next generation. We are excited to form the first class of our new Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) programme in the Humanities and Social Sciences. We aim to support our students and researchers with the highest quality of educational resources available.
The PhD programme at GCAS College Dublin is a scientific research programme. By scientific, we mean the application of analytical and empirical data combined with theoretical structures to produce original research that is relevant to addressing the most vexing issues confronting our world today. By contrast to PhD programmes in the United States, which can take as long as ten years to complete, our programme is designed to engage and publish research findings with the highest rigour and quality in three to four years. Students in our programme will have access to research materials and our excellent faculty at the Global Centre for Advanced Studies.
GCAS College Dublin is an accredited college in partnership with Woolf University offering BA, MA, and Ph.D. accredited degrees in the European Union.
The course trains students to become independent researchers in an area of the natural, mathematical, or computational sciences, contributing original knowledge in their chosen discipline. The doctorate program develops skills in critical thinking, analysis, research, project management, and writing. Students gain sophisticated, cutting-edge knowledge of their research speciality.
Ph.D. Degree Info
- Length: 3 Year
- Tuition Costs: 6,000€
- (per year full or part-time)
- Requirements: 180 Credits, Courses, Dissertation, Defense
- Prerequisites: Masters Degree or higher
- Program Location: Fully Online
This programme is designed to provide students with a broad set of skills, knowledge and expertise. GCAS aims to attract students from a variety of backgrounds so that our students have the opportunity to engage with the world from a range of places and on diverse topics.
Students will spend most of their candidature completing a supervised dissertation.
Students will work one-on-one with their advisor to select, write, and defend substantive and original research on a chosen topic. The PhD dissertation defense will occur before a defense committee comprised of experts in the relevant field(s) of inquiry.
- Meet monthly with your advisor and Dissertation Peer Group (DPG). Meetings take place during the academic year.
- Formally present your research within GCAS College Dublin and at an academic conference not associated with GCAS.
- Publish two articles in a peer-reviewed journal or book.
- Successfully defend your Doctoral Dissertation Proposal (Ph.D. Candidate Status is Achieved).
- Pass language examinations (when required by your advisor).
- Successfully defend your Doctoral Dissertation.
