GCAS College Dublin is recruiting the best minds and researchers of the next generation. We are excited to form the first class of our new Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) programme in the Humanities and Social Sciences. We aim to support our students and researchers with the highest quality of educational resources available.

The PhD programme at GCAS College Dublin is a scientific research programme. By scientific, we mean the application of analytical and empirical data combined with theoretical structures to produce original research that is relevant to addressing the most vexing issues confronting our world today. By contrast to PhD programmes in the United States, which can take as long as ten years to complete, our programme is designed to engage and publish research findings with the highest rigour and quality in three to four years. Students in our programme will have access to research materials and our excellent faculty at the Global Centre for Advanced Studies.

GCAS College Dublin is an accredited college in partnership with Woolf University offering BA, MA, and Ph.D. accredited degrees in the European Union.

The course trains students to become independent researchers in an area of the natural, mathematical, or computational sciences, contributing original knowledge in their chosen discipline. The doctorate program develops skills in critical thinking, analysis, research, project management, and writing. Students gain sophisticated, cutting-edge knowledge of their research speciality.

Our researchers come from some of the best academic institutions in the world, including UC Berkeley, Columbia University, London School of Economics, Swarthmore, Yale, New York University, and Case Western Reserve University to name a few. As a research institute and college that is challenging traditional academia, however, we attract applicants who have diverse backgrounds, experiences, and fresh perspectives to add to the conversation and their own research. If you are passionate about learning new skills and want to help reshape the future of learning, then we invite you to join our intellectual and activist community by applying. To help us accomplish our goal of truly accessible education, the application does not have a fee.

Our degree programme is rigorous and applicants must possess an accredited Master’s degree to be considered for admission. On occasion, applicants with a BA and extensive experience may be considered. Applicants with a BA who the admissions committee do not feel meet the requirements for the PhD will be considered for the MA programme.

To complete the PhD programme, a researcher must:

Meet monthly with your advisor and Dissertation Peer Group (DPG). Meetings take place during the academic year.

Formally present your research within GCAS College Dublin and at an academic conference not associated with GCAS.

Publish an article in a peer-reviewed journal or book.

Successfully defend your Doctoral Dissertation Proposal (Ph.D. Candidate Status is Achieved).

Pass language examinations (when required by your advisor).

Successfully defend your Doctoral Dissertation.

Candidates who apply for this course must have an MQF 7-level degree. Students must have English or Spanish language competency at a C1 level. Evidence of this competency that will be accepted includes:

Having completed an EQF 7 level degree in the appropriate language

English language competency scores on IELTS as such: overall: 6.5; Writing: 6; Reading: 6; Listening: 6; Speaking: 6 (or 7.5 in writing and 6.5 in other elements if the course is offered by Dpt. of English or Arts); or, for Spanish, a C1 or higher score on the DELE exam.

Students who are transferring from another accredited doctoral programme may be eligible to complete the degree in a shorter timeframe. This arrangement will be detailed as part of any offer of admission.

Admissions Option 2

This programme is designed to provide students with a broad set of skills, knowledge and expertise. GCAS aims to attract students from a variety of backgrounds so that our students have the opportunity to engage with the world from a range of places and on diverse topics.

Students will spend most of their candidature completing a supervised dissertation.

Students will work one-on-one with their advisor to select, write, and defend substantive and original research on a chosen topic. The Ph.D. dissertation defense will occur before a defense committee comprised of experts in the relevant field(s) of inquiry.

Program Outcome

Program Tuition Fees Option 1

Master

Natural Sciences

Mathematics

Computational Mathematics

The Global Centre for Advanced Studies (GCAS College) is a college that offers high-quality, debt-free, EU-accredited degrees on undergraduate and graduate levels in philosophy, psychoanalysis, theology, and the social sciences. With award-winning and leading scholars in their faculty, owned by faculty and alumni members, GCAS is a unique community of researchers creating a knowledge-sharing economy.

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in the Humanities and Social Sciences

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