Course details

The Department of Chemistry is committed to providing excellence in teaching, research and in the training of PhD students. Our aim is to provide graduate students with every opportunity to enhance and develop their career, by providing good supervision, training in research methodology and associated professional skills; all of which will prepare them for their subsequent career.

The main objective of this programme is to provide graduate students with an integrated broad-based training in the discipline of chemistry including the most advanced research methodology in physical, organic, inorganic and analytical chemistry.

Entry Requirements

Candidates for a PhD degree will normally be expected to have a Second Class Honours Grade 1 primary degree in Chemistry, or a relevant discipline. Applicants must have a recognised primary degree which is considered equivalent to Irish university primary degree level.

Minimum English language requirements:

  • IELTS: 6.5 minimum overall score
  • TOEFL (Paper based test): 585
  • TOEFL (Internet based test): 95
  • PTE (Pearson): 62

Module

  • DRHEA (DCU): ADVANCED ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES
  • CORE SKILLS AND RESEARCH TECHNIQUES IN CHEMISTRY
  • TEACHING SKILLS IN CHEMISTRY
  • RESEARCH TRAINING WORKSHOPS IN CHEMISTRY
  • RESEARCH SUPERVISION TRAINING
  • DRHEA (UCD): MAGNETISM AND PHOTOMAGNETISM CHEMISTRY
  • DRHEA (DCU): INTERFACIAL CHEMISTRY
  • DRHEA (DIT): CHEMICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY FOR PROCESS CHEMISTS
  • PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH WORK AT CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, WORKSHOPS I
  • PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH WORK AT CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, WORKSHOPS II
  • PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH WORK AT CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, WORKSHOPS IV
  • PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE IN POSTGRADUATE TEACHING & LEARNING : TUTORS & DEMONSTRATORS
  • INNOVATION AND RESEARCH COMMERCIALISATION
  • SEMINAR SERIES IN CHEMISTRY
  • THESIS PLAN
  • DEVELOPING AN ORIGINAL RESEARCH PROPOSAL IN CHEMISTRY
  • REVIEW OF RESEARCH PAPERS
  • INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
  • DRHEA (TCD): MASTER CLASS IN CARBOHYDRATE CHEMISTRY
  • DRHEA (TCD): THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY  " AN OVERVIEW OF DRUG DEVELOPMENT, MANUFACTURE & REGISTRATION
  • DRHEA (UCD): BIONANOINTERACTIONS: QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES TO NANOTOXICOLOGY AND NANOMEDICINE
  • PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH WORK AT CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, WORKSHOPS III
  • ATTENDANCE AT EXTERNAL TRAINING COURSES/WORKSHOPS I
  • ATTENDANCE AT EXTERNAL TRAINING COURSES/WORKSHOPS II
  • ATTENDANCE AT EXTERNAL TRAINING COURSES/WORKSHOPS III
  • ATTENDANCE AT EXTERNAL TRAINING COURSES/WORKSHOPS IV
Updated on 08 November, 2015

About Maynooth University

This means that students at Maynooth benefit from an international outlook, and those of you who wish to study abroad for a semester or an academic year during yTheir degree have a network of connections to tap in to. During the cTheirse of their academic degree students from Maynooth have studied subjects such as Law at Boston College, Mandarin Chinese at Beijing Foreign Studies University and Music in the University of Vienna.

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  • Historian Dr Tom O Connor is working with colleagues from the University of Alcala and the Irish Colleges in Spain, discovering the hidden stories of Irish people who got caught up in the Spanish Inquisition.
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