PhD

Our doctoral students are an indispensible part of the Law School's research community and we welcome applications from potential students in all of the School's fields of research. You will join a community of over 60 research students from around the world, 80 taught LLM students and 45 research active members of staff making for an intellectually vibrant research community.

• The PhD thesis is an original work making a significant contribution to knowledge in the field of study and containing material worthy of publication
• During the first year of study all our students undertake an advanced legal research methods course, and are encouraged to audit Masters-level courses in their field of research
• Students are assigned two supervisors upon registration who oversee their research project
• Students are given the opportunity to apply for funding, to attend doctoral conferences, and to make presentations on their research, including the annual Glasgow/Antwerp Colloquium
• Full-time first year students must demonstrate satisfactory progress at the end of their first year, and part-time students after 18 months of study. Successful completion of this process of assessment sees them upgraded to full PhD status
• The minimum period of full-time study is three years; full time students must complete within four years and part-time students within 6 years.
• the word length of a PhD thesis is between 70,000 and 100,000 words. Candidates for research degrees are examined on the basis of their completed thesis by an external examiner who is an expert in the subject and an internal examiner. There is also an oral examination.

For details of staff areas of expertise, please see our Research Clusters

Research training and many related research opportunities are offered through the College of Social Sciences Graduate School in addition to training and activities in the School of Law.

 Informal enquiries can be directed to:

Professor Mark Godfrey
Director, Postgraduate Research
Mark.Godfrey@glasgow.ac.uk