Course details

Under a Structured Research Programme, students are supported in the development of their research by undertaking professional and specialist modules over the course of their research degree. The central objectives of the Structured PhD Programme in French are to allow PhD students to participate in courses delivered outside NUIM; to introduce students to academic communication, and educate them in the same, through active participation and presentation at departmental graduate symposia, at research conferences nationally and internationally.

Research Environment: The School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures (SMLLC) runs friendly, informal research seminars and regularly invites guest lecturers to share their expertise with the Departments in the School. Members of the Department, including postgraduate students, participate in national and international conferences.

Entry Requirements

Candidates for the PhD must have obtained at least 2nd Class Honours Grade I in their primary degree, or equivalent. Candidates for all post-graduate degrees are required to have resided for a period of one academic year or its equivalent in France or a French-speaking region. 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

  • FRENCH DEPARTMENT ANNUAL POSTGRADUATE SYMPOSIUM (REPORTING DAY) I
  • PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE IN POSTGRADUATE TEACHING & LEARNING : TUTORS & DEMONSTRATORS
  • FRENCH DEPARTMENT ANNUAL POSTGRADUATE SYMPOSIUM I
  • INTER-INSTITUTIONAL / INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR/ SUBJECT-SPECIFIC MODULE OFFERED BY OTHER INSTITUTION (NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL) III
  • INTER-INSTITUTIONAL / INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR/ SUBJECT-SPECIFIC MODULE OFFERED BY OTHER INSTITUTION (NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL) I
  • FRENCH DEPARTMENT ANNUAL POSTGRADUATE SYMPOSIUM II
  • FRENCH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES
  • INTERNSHIP II
  • CONFERENCE: ATTENDANCE & PRESENTATION III
  • FRENCH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES
  • INTERNSHIP I
  • CONFERENCE: ATTENDANCE & PRESENTATION II
  • CONFERENCE: ATTENDANCE & PRESENTATION I
  • SUMMER OR WINTER SCHOOL / EXTERNAL SHORT COURSE / MASTER CLASS III
  • SUMMER OR WINTER SCHOOL / EXTERNAL SHORT COURSE / MASTER CLASS I
  • INTER-INSTITUTIONAL / INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR/ SUBJECT-SPECIFIC MODULE OFFERED BY OTHER INSTITUTION (NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL) II
  • INTERNSHIP III
  • SUMMER OR WINTER SCHOOL / EXTERNAL SHORT COURSE / MASTER CLASS II
  • FRENCH DEPARTMENT ANNUAL POSTGRADUATE SYMPOSIUM (REPORTING DAY) II
  • ISSUES AND STRATEGIES IN CONTEMPORARY MODERN LANGUAGE STUDIES
  • ISSUES AND STRATEGIES IN CONTEMPORARY MODERN LANGUAGE STUDIES
  • ISSUES AND STRATEGIES IN CONTEMPORARY MODERN LANGUAGE STUDIES
  • ISSUES AND STRATEGIES IN CONTEMPORARY MODERN LANGUAGE STUDIES
  • SMLLC RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM
  • SMLLC RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM
  • SMLLC RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM
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.

Maynooth has many shared research projects with universities around the world.

  • In the Dept of Psychology, Prof Dermot Barnes-Holmes is working with academics in Columbia University in New York to predict the success of cocaine abuse treatment.
  • Mathematician Dr. Ken Duffy is working with immunologists from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in MelbTheirne, Australia to analyse cell behaviTheir in a study that could have significant implications for Their understanding and treatment of diseases like Coeliac disease, diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis.  
  • 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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