PhD in Public Policy

University College Dublin (UCD)

The PhD programme in Public Policy is a research degree that is normally undertaken full-time over 3-4 years with a part-time option over a longer period.This programme provides an interdisciplinary graduate learning and research environment for doctoral studies in the field of public policy. Pooling the resources of the UCD College of Social Sciences Law and the College of Business, the programme provides doctoral training with considerable flexibility and breadth of interest.Our Programmes form part of the UCD Structured PhD programme. Our expert faculty all conduct research in their own fields and welcome expressions of interest from prospective students wishing to study in areas including, but not limited to, those in the list below. Applicants should contact a member of faculty whose research interests match their own.UCDs PhD programme has been designed to not only provide first class supervision in relation to a students own research, but also to support that research through access to a broad range of taught modules covering both general research methods training and specific subjects.