- Location: Maynooth University, North Campus, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland - Ireland
- Duration: 2 to 6 Years
Course details
The PhD degree is research degree, awarded on the basis of a research thesis. Thesis presentation is supported by a number of taught mandatory Graduate Education modules (GREPs).
Entry Requirements
Normally an upper second or first class honours degree in Geography or a cognate subject. PhD applicants should also have a Masters degree in Geography or a cognate subject.
Applicants must have a recognised primary degree which is considered equivalent to Irish university first 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
- THEMATIC MODULE II
- THEMATIC MODULE I
- FIELD AND LABORATORY BASED RESEARCH
- WORKSHOP/TRAINING IN SPECIALISED EQUIPMENT
- METHODS IV
- SUMMER/WINTER SCHOOL
- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT II
- METHODS III
- KEY CONCEPTS IN GEOGRAPHY 2
- KEY CONCEPTS IN GEOGRAPHY 1
- INTERNATIONAL MODULE
- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT III
- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT I
- QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
- METHODS II
- METHODS I
- PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE IN POSTGRADUATE TEACHING & LEARNING : TUTORS & DEMONSTRATORS
- STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING
- THEMATIC MODULE III
- THEMATIC MODULE IV
- THE CRAFT AND LOGICS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH II
- TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
- THE CRAFT AND LOGICS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH I
- PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYABILITY MODULE
- FINDING INFORMATION FOR YOUR THESIS
- ACADEMIC WRITING MODULE
- CREATIVE THINKING & PROBLEM SOLVING
- SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: MAKING A REAL DIFFERENCE
Course Location
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.
