Course details

Central objectives of the Structured PhD Programme in Spanish are 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; to foster their specific research skills; to extend their knowledge in their respective and related fields of expertise.

Entry Requirements

All candidates for postgraduate research degree must have an undergraduate qualification in Spanish or a relevant subject area. PhD candidates must have a postgraduate qualification in Spanish or a relevant subject area. Applicants for research degrees are requested to contact the Head of Department, enclosing relevant academic transcripts, an outline of the proposed area of research, and the names of two referees. 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

  • HANDLING EVIDENCE
  • INTERNSHIP III
  • LANGUAGE FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES II
  • LANGUAGE FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES I
  • SUMMER OR WINTER SCHOOL / EXTERNAL SHORT COURSE / MASTER CLASS III
  • LANGUAGE FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES III
  • INTER-INSTITUTIONAL / INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR III
  • CONFERENCE: ATTENDANCE & PRESENTATION I
  • INTER-INSTITUTIONAL / INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR I
  • CONFERENCE: ATTENDANCE & PRESENTATION III
  • INTERNSHIP
  • INTERNSHIP I
  • CONFERENCE: ATTENDANCE & PRESENTATION II
  • SUMMER OR WINTER SCHOOL / EXTERNAL SHORT COURSE / MASTER CLASS I
  • SUMMER OR WINTER SCHOOL / EXTERNAL SHORT COURSE / MASTER CLASS II
  • PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE IN POSTGRADUATE TEACHING & LEARNING : TUTORS & DEMONSTRATORS
  • INTER-INSTITUTIONAL / INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR 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
  • PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYABILITY MODULE
  • FINDING INFORMATION FOR YOUR THESIS
  • ACADEMIC WRITING MODULE
  • CREATIVE THINKING & PROBLEM SOLVING
  • SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: MAKING A REAL DIFFERENCE
  • ADVANCED COMMUNICATION SKILLS (CONFERENCE PRESENTATION)
  • ADVANCED COMMUNICATION SKILLS (PUBLICATION)
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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