Research Degrees (M.A. & Ph.D.)

The Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences are advertising Scholarships, Fellowships and Fee awards for the academic year 2024/25. All information including the application form is on the following link.

Research Degrees: M.A. and Ph.D.

The School offers Ph.D. and M.A. degrees by research. The supervision interests of the faculty members are diverse and range widely in chronological and geographical terms from sixteenth-century Europe to contemporary Irish history.

The following links provide information for prospective Masters and PhD research students on applying to the Faculty of AHSS to pursue further studies.  It also provides help on compiling applications and help to search for suitable supervisors as well as giving information on events and funding that will be available to registered students.

The following is an overview of the AHSS Graduate Research Centre.

The following is about the application procedures, faculty expertise, registered and graduate AHSS postgraduates as well as information on events and funding opportunities.

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Ph.D.)

The degree of Doctor of Philosophy can be pursued within the school under the supervision of faculty and can also be taken as part of a structured doctoral programme. Besides a supervisor, all Ph.D. candidates will have the benefit of a panel of two other historians who will annually discuss progress towards research goals and dissertation completion.

Full details of our research programmes can be found here.

Structured PhD in Public Humanities

The Structured PhD in Public Humanities has been designed to offer a flexible PhD programme for public humanities professionals who wish to deepen their engagement with their work, and to use their current professional practice as the basis for doctoral-level research.