Postgraduate

The School welcomes applications from qualified candidates to its postgraduate programmes for the academic year 2012/2013.  

It is recommended that applicants for admission to the research register discuss their potential thesis topic with a member of staff before submitting an application.

Economics
M.Sc. in Economic Policy Studies: This two-year part-time programme provides its graduates with the analytical skills to apply economic perspectives and approaches to policy issues.  The next intake of students to this M.Sc. will be in 2012/13. Further details from: economics@tcd.ie, tel: 8961325

M.Sc. in Economics: This one-year full-time programme focuses on the technical skills needed to enter PhD programmes in Economics, or to work as economists in private or public-sector organisations. Further details from : economics@tcd.ie, tel: 8961325

Research degrees in Economics
The MLitt is a full-time Masters by research programme and, in the case of Economics, a strong undergraduate degree (good grades and good theory/quantitative components) is required for entry to the programme.  To enter the Economics PhD programme, students are required to have completed a good, taught M.Sc. programme in Economics.  As such, the M.Sc. programme for many is an entry route to the PhD programme. 
Further details from Dr Petro Vicente

Philosophy

Research degrees in Philosophy
The Department of Philosophy invites applications from candidates who have, or who expect to have, a very good honours degree in philosophy. From 2009, students who register for a PhD in Philosophy will automatically join the Dublin Graduate Philosophy Programme. Preference will be given to students whose proposed projects fall into one of the Department's specializations.

Political Science

M.Sc. in Political Science
This degree offers students a broad training in the main sub-fields of Political Science combined with a rigorous research training. The course includes modules on public opinion, government institutions and policymaking. The M.Sc. examines both domestic and international politics and the interplay between the two. The course covers the Department’s research strengths in the areas of European governance and EU politics, as well as politics in other regions and international organizations.

M.Sc. in International Politics
Trinity’s M.Sc. in International Politics is a one-year full-time course that offers graduate students a combination of rigorous training in the study of international politics with a comprehensive empirical approach to understanding many prominent problems in contemporary world politics, especially topics where domestic and international politics cannot be understood in isolation from each other. These topics include democratisation, international cooperation, development and foreign aid, international conflict as well as the politics of many environmental issues and their implications for the politics of developing countries.

The Ph.D. Programme in political science at Trinity is designed to produce rigorously trained, widely read and accomplished political scientists who are able to take their place at once at the forefront of their profession. Applications are invited from candidates who have, or who expect to have, a very good honours degree in political science or a related discipline. The programme combines an intensive set of courses on the substance and methodology of research along with a traditional emphasis on conducting original research.

Sociology
M.Phil. in Race, Ethnicity, Conflict. This unique postgraduate programme offers specialist theoretical training in issues relating to race, immigration, ethnicity and conflict in Irish, European and global contexts. The programme will include courses on ethnic conflict and its management. Courses will reflect recent research by staff, taking in more case studies; including Northern Ireland, Israel-Palestine, the Balkans, as well as the racialisation in the Irish context of indigenous ethnic minorities, such as Travellers, black-Irish people and Jews. Further details from Dr Ronit Lentin, Course Coordinator.

M.Sc./Postgraduate Diploma in European Employment Studies (full- or part-time).
Employment is central to our lives. For most of us it is not just a source of income, it shapes whom we think we are. Employment studies links the sociology of work to industrial relations, human resource management and public policy. The postgraduate diploma (PGradDip) and the M.Sc. are designed for students whose current or planned career deals with employment issues, be it in the private or public sector. The M.Sc. takes one full year, with two teaching semesters (September–December and January-May) and an individual dissertation that is written during the summer.

Ph.D. Programme
The PhD programme offers graduate students the opportunity to develop their theoretical and research skills in completing a self-defined research project under the supervision of an experienced staff member. This is aided by structured training in the first year in the form of a course in Social Research Methodology and a tailored Reading Course.

If you are interested in applying for postgraduate study or need further information, please contact the Postgraduate Coordinator, Dr Anne Holohan (aholohan@tcd.ie), tel: +353 1 8961478

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Application Details

Applications for all taught postgraduate courses must be submitted to Graduate Admissions online through http://www.pac.ie/main.php?inst=tr&ln=e

Please see the departmental websites for details of application procedures including deadlines.

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