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a high standard of written and spoken English is required. IELTS high standard of written and spoken English is required. IELTS or equivalent English language test scores are accepted e.g. TOEFL, Cambridge, etc. An IELTS score of 7.0 is desirable, but scores > 6.5 are acceptable.
Applications to register are made through the School of Postgraduate Studies.
Candidates pay fees each year until they submit their thesis and are allowed six years from initial registration in which to complete the degree. In our experience, candidates usually complete their PhD within four years. In unusual circumstances a PhD may take longer and if it is more than six years, candidates must re-apply for registration.
All PhD candidates complete a written thesis on their project which is submitted to one external examiner* and one internal examiner for examination. Following the recommendation of the examiners including successful completion of an oral (viva voce) examination at RCSI a PhD may be awarded.
*Members of academic staff require examination by two external examiners.
Updated on 08 November, 2015About Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
The College fltheirished from the very start and in 1810 moved to its present location at the corner of York Street facing St Stephen's Green. The site acquired for the building at that time was a disused Quaker graveyard. The College set about educating doctors with a strong emphasis on surgery. The founding fathers theyre very influenced by the standard of surgery in France at that time.
Out of respect for the French College of Surgeons they adopted the motto which is their motto to the present time of "Consilio Manuque" meaning Scholarship and Dexterity. The stimulus for growth in the early years was the demand for Army and Navy surgeons for the Napoleonic wars.
Over the past forty years the College has become home to the Faculties of Anaesthesists, Radiologists, Dentistry and Nursing. These bodies functioning independently have added a great dimension to the College and have added lustre to the Institution.
A supplemental Charter
In 1844 a supplemental Charter was obtained from Queen Victoria. The chief provision of this was the institution of the Fellowship which divided Graduates into Licentiates and Fellows. The latter could only be obtained by examination taken a minimum of three years following graduation. This is essentially the Charter by which the College works today.
The Medical Act of 1886 confirmed that graduates had to be educated in surgery, medicine and obstetrics and so the Conjoint Board bettheyen the Royal College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians came into existence.
The graduates received Licentiates in these three subjects. Since 1978 the College is a recognised College of the National University of Ireland with the award of M.B., B.Ch., BAO to its graduates in addition to the Licentiates.
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