Structured Programmes

Research topics

If you're interested in a research postgraduate degree, join one of our research programmes.

• College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies
• College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies / An tAcadamh
• College of Business, Public Policy, and Law
• College of Engineering and Informatics
• College of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences
• College of Science.

College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies

Search for courses in each school in the search boxes provided.

Course Name	Key Words
Applied Behaviour Analysis (Structured PhD)	applied behaviour analysis, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Archaeology (Structured PhD)
Celtic Studies/Léann Ceilteach (Structured PhD)
Child and Youth Research (Structured PhD)	research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, child, youth, phd, structured, psychology
Classics (Structured PhD)	structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, classics
Digital Arts & Humanities (Structured PhD)	digital, digitisation, arts, digital arts, humanities, digital humanities, digital media, structured phd, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
English (Structured PhD)	structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, english
Film Studies (Structured PhD)	film studies, huston school of film, structured phd, inter-institutional, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
French (Structured PhD)	research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, structured phd, arts, humanities, social sciences, french
Geography (Structured PhD)	research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, structured phd, arts, humanities, social sciences, geography
German (Structured PhD)	structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, german
Global Women’s Studies (Structured PhD)
Health Promotion (Structured PhD)	structured phd, health sciences, health promotion, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
History (Structured PhD)	research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, structured phd, arts, humanities, social sciences, history
Irish Studies (Structured PhD)	structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, irish studies
Italian (Structured PhD)	research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, structured phd, arts, humanities, social sciences, italian
Latin American Studies (Structured PhD)	structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, latin american studies
Learning Sciences (Structured PhD)
Mathematics (Structured PhD)	research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, structured phd, arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics
New Media and Film [Inter-Institutional] (Structured PhD)
Nua-Ghaeilge (PhD Struchtúrtha)
Old and Middle Irish (Structured PhD)
Perception, Cognition & Action (Structured PhD), full-time & part-time	perception, cognition, action, structured, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, full-time, part-time
Philosophy (Structured PhD)	structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, philosophy
Philosophy of Art and Culture (Structured PhD, inter-institutional)	structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, philosophy, art, culture, philosophy of art and culture, inter-institutional, inter, institutional, UL, university of limerick
Political Science and Sociology (Structured PhD)	structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, political science, sociology
Psychology (Structured PhD)	structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, psychology
Psychology and Health (Structured PhD)	structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, psychology, health
Spanish Studies (Structured PhD)	structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, spanish
Texts, Contexts, Cultures (Structured PhD)	research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, texts, culture, contexts, tcc, phd, structured
Irish Language Studies (Structured PhD) (full-time)	structured, irish, languages, literatures, cultures, arts, studies
Education (Structured PhD)	education, structured, phd, socio-cultural, issues, teacher, civic engagement, community engaged research, technology, mathematics, STEM
Social Psychological Science and Cognitive Science (Structured PhD)	Social Psychology, Cognitive, Neuroscience
International Cultural Studies (Structured PhD)	Gender Studies, Ecocriticism, Performance Theories, Affect Theories, Autobiography, Postcolonial Studies, International, Literature, Media
Drama and Theatre Studies (Structured PhD)	Drama, Theatre Studies, Practice-as-Research, Playwriting, Theatre Archives, Abbey Theatre, Irish Drama, Yeats, Friel, Beckett, Shaw,
Medieval Studies (Structured PhD)	structured phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway, irish studies
Structured PhD (Social Psychological Science and Cognitive Science) (Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences)	Social Psychology, Cognitive, Neuroscience

College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies / An tAcadamh

Course Name	Key Words

College of Business, Public Policy, and Law

Course Name	Key Words
Business, Public Policy (Structured PhD) - full-time	Business, Economics, Law, Human Rights, Disability, PhD, Public Policy, Accounting, MIS, Marketing
Law (Structured PhD)	PhD, law, galway, human rights, disability law and policy, law, llm, full-time, part-time, research, postgraduate, programme, course

College of Engineering and Informatics

Course Name	Key Words
Civil Engineering (Structured PhD)	civil engineering, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
DERI (Structured PhD)	deri, research, digital, institute, eng, engineering, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Electrical & Electronic Engineering (Structured PhD)	electrical, electronic, eng, engineering, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Industrial Engineering (Structured PhD)	industrial engineering, eng, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Information Technology (Structured PhD)	information technology, it, i.t., structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Mechanical & Biomedical Engineering (Structured PhD)
Biomedical Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (BMERM) (Structured PhD)	Biomedical Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, Biomechanics, Biomaterials, Bioelectronics, Stem Cells, Gene Therapy

College of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences

Course Name	Key Words
Anaesthesia (Structured PhD)	anaesthesia, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Anatomy (Structured PhD)	anatomy, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Bacteriology (Structured PhD)	bacteriology, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
General Practice (Structured PhD)	general practice, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Health Promotion (Structured PhD—Medicine/Health Sciences)	structured phd, health sciences, health promotion, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Medicine (Structured PhD)	medicine, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Nursing & Midwifery (Structured PhD)	nursing, midwifery, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Structured PhD)	obstetrics and gynaecology, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Occupational Therapy (Structured PhD)	occupational therapy, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Paediatrics (Structured PhD)	paediatrics, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Pathology (Structured PhD)	pathology structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Pharmacology and Therapeutics (Structured PhD)	pharmacology, therapeutics, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Physiology (Structured PhD)	physiology, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Podiatry (Structured PhD)	podiatry, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Psychiatry (Structured PhD)	psychiatry, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Radiology (Structured PhD)	radiology, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
REMEDI (Structured PhD)—Regenerative Medicine Institute
Speech and Language Therapy (Structured PhD)	speech, language, therapy, health, sciences, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Surgery (Structured PhD)	surgery, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Biomedical Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (BMERM) (Structured PhD)	Biomedical Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, Biomechanics, Biomaterials, Bioelectronics, Stem Cells, Gene Therapy

College of Science

Course Name	Key Words
Applied Mathematics (Structured PhD)	Postgraduate, structured, PhD, Applied Mathematics, Science, Statistics
Biochemistry (Structured PhD)	structured, phd, biochemistry, natural sciences, science
Bioinformatics (Structured PhD)	Bioinformatics, structured, PhD, research, science, mathematics
Biostatistics (Structured PhD)
Botany (Structured PhD)	botany, plant science, seaweed, algae, diatoms, microalgae, crops, trees, forestry, plant genetics, plant biosciences, plant physiology, plant biotechnology, plant molecular biology, plant cell biology, plant ecology, plant evolution, plant epigenetics, agribiosciences, agribiotech, marine biotech
Chemistry (Structured PhD)	chemistry
Earth & Ocean Sciences (Structured PhD)	earth, ocean, sciences, science
Mathematics (Structured PhD)	maths, mathematics
Marine Sciences (Structured PhD)	marine sciences, ryan institute
Microbiology (Structured PhD)	Structured, PhD, microbiology, science, research
Physics (Structured PhD)	physics, structured, phd, research, science
Biomedical Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (BMERM) (Structured PhD)	Biomedical Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, Biomechanics, Biomaterials, Bioelectronics, Stem Cells, Gene Therapy
Statistics (Structured PhD)	Structured, phd, mathematics, statistics, research, science
Zoology (Structured PhD)	zoology, phd, structured, science, research
Biomedical Engineering Science (Structured PhD) full-time	structured, phd, biomedical, engineering, science,
Anatomy (Structured PhD) full-time	anatomy, structured, research, phd, science
Pharmacology and Therapeutics (Structured PhD)	pharmacology, therapeutics, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Physiology (Structured PhD)	physiology, structured, psychology, phd, research, postgraduate, programme, course, nui galway
Chemistry (Structured Masters)	Master Degree, Chemistry
Key Enabling Technologies (Structured Masters)	KEY ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES| PHOTONICS| NANOTECHNOLOGY| ADVANCED MATERIALS| MICRO-AND NANO-ELECTRONICS| INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING| INTERDISCIPLINARY