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Courses
Courses
Choosing a course is one of the most important decisions you'll ever make! View our courses and see what our students and lecturers have to say about the courses you are interested in at the links below.
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University Life
University Life
Each year more than 4,000 choose NUI Galway as their University of choice. Find out what life at NUI Galway is all about here.
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About NUI Galway
About NUI Galway
Since 1845, NUI Galway has been sharing the highest quality teaching and research with Ireland and the world. Find out what makes our University so special – from our distinguished history to the latest news and campus developments.
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Colleges & Schools
Colleges & Schools
NUI Galway has earned international recognition as a research-led university with a commitment to top quality teaching across a range of key areas of expertise.
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Research & Innovation
Research & Innovation
NUI Galway’s vibrant research community take on some of the most pressing challenges of our times.
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Business & Industry
Guiding Breakthrough Research at NUI Galway
We explore and facilitate commercial opportunities for the research community at NUI Galway, as well as facilitating industry partnership.
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Alumni, Friends & Supporters
Alumni, Friends & Supporters
There are over 90,000 NUI Galway graduates Worldwide, connect with us and tap into the online community.
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Community Engagement
Community Engagement
At NUI Galway, we believe that the best learning takes place when you apply what you learn in a real world context. That's why many of our courses include work placements or community projects.
Structured PhDs
Structured PhD Programmes at NUI Galway
The core component of the structured PhD programme is the advancement of knowledge through original research. It is recognised that doctoral education is an individual journey. The purpose of structuring doctoral education is to create a supportive environment, which is achieved by:
Formal accredited structured training to support the student’s research.
Every PhD student must complete 30 ECTS of such training during their PhD programme. Students select modules in consultation with their supervisor.
The two main types of modules are:
- advanced discipline-specific modules and
- generic/transferrable/professional skills modules, further information on such modules are available at http://www.nuigalway.ie/graduate-studies/currentstudents/gsmodules/
Online resources are available on Blackboard to support these modules.
Flexible delivery and assessment are key features of Structured PhD modules.
Every PhD student, in addition to a supervisor, has their own Graduate Research Committee (GRC) of three academic staff members. The formal role of the GRC is to review the student’s progress annually and to make a recommendation to the College on progression into the next year of the programme. The GRC also provides informal support to the student during the PhD programme.
Some structured PhD programmes may involve inter-institutional collaboration.
NUI Galway endorses the National Framework for Doctoral Education
In addition to research skills, PhD graduates will have opportunities to develop additional skills as outlined in the Irish Universities’ PhD Graduate Skills Statement http://www.iua.ie/publication/view/iua-graduate-skills-statement-brochure-2015/
The University Guidelines for Research Degree Programmes are available at http://www.nuigalway.ie/media/graduatestudies/files/university_guidelines_for_research_degree_programmes.pdf