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Ph.D. Programme

The Centre offers a PhD. Programme in disability law & policy. It especially welcomes those interested in international & comparative disability law and policy in areas such as independent living, eAccessibility, service delivery, development aid and disability, education and disability, employment and disability, mental health law and policy. Some funding is available on a competitive basis and is generally not restricted to Irish students.

Full application information is available here at NUI Galway's courses site.

To apply for a PhD, please use the PAC system, more information is available here.

Programmes available:

PhD (Disability Law & Policy ), full-time
PhD (Disability Law & Policy ), part-time

Entry requirements:

To be eligible to enrol for the PhD, a candidate must have obtained a high honours standard at primary degree level, normally Second Class Honours, Grade 1 or equivalent international qualification.

PhD applicants who hold a Masters Degree must have obtained a high honours standard at Masters Level (H2.1 [or equivalent international qualification]) in order to enrol for the PhD.

Areas of interest:

UN disability law, EU anti-discrimination law, Council of Europe disability law & policy, US disability law. United Nations Convention on the right of Persons with disabilities (ratification, monitoring, implementation). Legal capacity law reform.

Find out more:

Prof Gerard Quinn
Centre for Disability Law & Policy,
School of Law,
National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.
T +353 91 493 014
E gerard.quinnnuigalway.ie

Centre for Disability Law and Policy, National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland.
Tel: +353 (0)91 495888, SMS/Text Phone: +353 (0)87 6660634, Fax: +353 (0) 91 495569
Email: info.cdlp

nuigalway.ie

This page was last updated Friday, November 16, 2012