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Information Technology (Structured PhD)
Course Overview
The Structured PhD, full-time, is a 4-year programme which offers added value to the core component of doctoral training. Students on this programme are offered disciplinary or dissertation specific modules, as well as generic and transferable skills designed to meet the needs of an employment market that is wider than academia.
The programme is flexible and student centred, as candidates choose their own pathways in consultation with their Supervisor and Graduate Research Committee.
(Research projects; please visit: http://www.nuigalway.ie/science-engineering/school-of-computer-science/research/)
Part-time programme:
The part-time Structured PhD is a 6-year programme which offers added value to the core component of doctoral training. Students on this programme are offered disciplinary or dissertation specific modules, as well as generic and transferable skills designed to meet the needs of an employment market that is wider than academia.
The programme is flexible and student-centered as candidates choose their own pathways in consultation with their Supervisor and Graduate Research Committee.
Programmes Available
Structured PhD (full-time, four years)
Structured PhD (part-time, six years)
Applications are made online via the NUI Galway Postgraduate Applications System.
Associated
Learning Outcomes
Entry Requirements
PhD—high Honours standard in the primary degree in related discipline.
Who’s Suited to This Course
Current research projects
Current funded research opportunity
Work Placement
Related Student Organisations
Career Opportunities
Find a Supervisor / PhD Project
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
Research Areas
- Artificial Intelligence
- Collaborative Virtual Environments
- Computational Intelligence
- Computers and Society
- Distributed Systems and Cooperative Systems
- Energy Informatics and Sensor Networks
- Enterprise Computing
- Image Processing
- Machine Learning and Data Mining
- Medical Informatics
- Simulation and System Dynamics
Researcher Profiles
www.nuigalway.ie/engineering-informatics/information-technology/people/endabarrett/
Dr Enda Barrett
www.nuigalway.ie/our-research/people/engineering-and-informatics/attractabrennan/
Dr Attracta Brennan
www.nuigalway.ie/engineering-informatics/information-technology/people/deschambers/
Dr Des Chambers
www.nuigalway.ie/engineering-informatics/information-technology/people/jamesduggan/
Dr Jim Duggan
www.nuigalway.ie/engineering-informatics/information-technology/people/conorhayes/
Dr. Conor Hayes
www.nuigalway.ie/engineering-informatics/information-technology/people/seamushill/
Seamus Hill
www.nuigalway.ie/engineering-informatics/information-technology/people/ehowley/
Dr Enda Howley
www.nuigalway.ie/engineering-informatics/information-technology/people/hughmelvin/
Dr Hugh Melvin
www.nuigalway.ie/engineering-informatics/information-technology/people/owenmolloy/
Dr. Owen Molloy
www.nuigalway.ie/engineering-informatics/information-technology/people/samredfern/
Dr Sam Redfern
www.nuigalway.ie/engineering-informatics/information-technology/people/finlaysmith/
Dr Finlay Smith
www.nuigalway.ie/engineering-informatics/information-technology/people/karenyoung/
Karen Young
Course Fees
Fees: EU
€5,750 p.a. 2021/22
Fees: Non EU
€14,750 p.a. 2021/22
Extra Information
EU Part time: Year 1 [2021/22] €3,910. p.a.
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Graduate Studies OfficeWhat Our Students Say
Declan Mungovan | PhD (Networks and Agent- Based Simulation)
Pursuing a PhD at NUI Galway has been a great experience in terms of working on leading-edge research topics, interacting with academics and industry at international conferences, and developing core computer science and architecture skills that are an excellent foundation for a career in the software industry.
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