Full Time option suitable for:

Domestic(EEA) applicants: Yes

International (Non EEA) applicants currently residing outside of the EEA Region: Yes

Candidates may apply for admission to the PhD programme if they have the following:

Primary Degree

• Candidates must have:
• A Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, with upper second-class honours or international equivalent.
• Or a Higher Diploma in Psychology with at least upper second-class honours
• We will also consider applicants with at least an upper second-class honours degree in a cognate area that provides appropriate background to their proposed research programme.

English Language Requirements

• Applicants whose first language is not English must also demonstrate English language proficiency of IELTS 7.0 (no band less than 6.5 in each element), or equivalent.

Each MLitt student is supported by a three-person (mimimum) research studies panel (RSP) which includes their thesis supervisor and two other academics.

Candidates develop a research and professional development plan (RPDP) that their research studies panel use to monitor their progress annually. The RPDP describes their proposed programme of research and documents their educational, training, personal, and professional development needs.

The examination of the degree of MLitt is based on a description of the candidate’s research, written up as a thesis. After one year on the programme, candidates may be eligible to graduate with a MLitt degree award or to transfer to the PhD programme. This assessment is made by the candidates RSP and their application to a Transfer Assessment Panel.

• For more information on course fees please visit the Fees & Grants Office website at www.ucd.ie/fees
• Some candidates on the MLitt programme fund their time through a grant or scholarship that they have acquired. Others will be funded through a larger grant as part of their supervisor’s research programme. Other candidates self-fund their studies (fully or partially) through part-time work and or relevant research and teaching opportunities that arise from time to time within and outside of the UCD School of Psychology.

• Download the application form (opens in a new window)here.
• Submit the application form (opens in a new window)here. The programme starts for new candidates in September, January, or May of each year. It strongly advised that you submit your final (supervisor endorsed) application about four months prior to your expected start date. The dates that applications are considered can be seen (opens in a new window)here.

Note: Before making an application to the programme interested candidates must have a proposed supervisor. If you have not identified a proposed supervisor just complete Part A of the form and submit it. Once this step is completed, the Faculty member you have selected will review your form. If the Faculty member wishes to work with you as a potential research student, they will contact you directly and you will both work together on Part B of the form. If the Faculty member cannot take you on as a potential research student the School will notify you that you have been unsuccessful in obtaining a supervisor.  You may then repeat the process choosing another Faculty member.

For further information about the graduate research programmes, please contact Muriel Keegan at (opens in a new window)muriel.keegan@ucd.ie or +353 1 716 8120.