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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
UCL (University College London)
Full Time
SEP-25
3 years
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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
UCL (University College London)
Full Time
SEP-25
3 years
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UCL's PhD programme in political science is one of the most competitive in Europe. Small cohorts receive extensive training to prepare for senior positions in research, teaching, or applied for work in government, international organisations, private firms, and the third sector. The department welcomes research in all the major sub-fields of political science. This includes international relations, comparative politics, political economy, public policy and management, legal and political theory. Political science is a discipline with fast moving frontiers and a wide range of increasingly sophisticated theoretical and methodological approaches. To make our students competitive in the job market, our programme, therefore, offers one of the most comprehensive training sequences in the UK. PhD students are an integral part of the department's research community through participation in departmental research seminars, research clusters, joint teaching, and co-authoring. All students have a three-person supervisory team providing a breadth of inputs from different sub-disciplines and methodological approaches.
The minimum academic requirements are an upper second-class Honours degree (or equivalent) and merit (or equivalent) in a recognised Masters degree programme and a minimum 65% mark on the Masters degree dissertation. At least one of the three has to be a first class/distinction (or equivalent). Students applying for the 1+3 without a Masters degree will need to have a first-class Honours degree (or equivalent).
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£6,035 per year
Students from Domestic
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£28,100 per year
Students from EU
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£28,100 per year
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