Expand+Academic requirements
PhD applicants need an honours level degree (NFQ level 8) with a minimum of a 2H1 (second class honours, grade 1) to apply.

Master by Research applicants need an honours level degree (NFQ level 8) with a minimum of a 2H2 (se...

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PhD applicants need an honours level degree (NFQ level 8) with a minimum of a 2H1 (second class honours, grade 1) to apply.

Master by Research applicants need an honours level degree (NFQ level 8) with a minimum of a 2H2 (second class honours, grade 2) to apply.

Check our qualification comparison website here for equivalencies.
https://www.ucc.ie/en/study/comparison/

Check our English language requirements here.
https://www.ucc.ie/en/study/comparison/english/postgraduate/

Although students generally choose a topic for their research from their degree discipline you are not restricted to your primary degree subjects.

Once applicants know which area or topic they wish to research, they then need to find supervisors. This site offers a list of academics listed under a wide range of schools/departments/disciplines.

Applicants can also contact a UCC academic unit directly to enquire about the availability of appropriate supervisors.

You must choose your supervisors and discuss your research proposal with them before applying. Your supervisors will let you know if you need to prepare a research proposal and will need to approve your proposal before you submit it. You may need to submit this proposal directly to the School/Department and/or submit it with your online application. Applicants who apply to research programmes in Arts, Celtics Studies and Social Sciences, Law and Medicine & Health are required to submit a research proposal of approximately 1,500 words, and in Business, a proposal of approximately 500 words is required.

Expand+Institutes & Centres Director/Head

CELT - Electronic Corpus of Irish Literature & History Dr Hiram Morgan

Centre for Advanced Studies in Languages & Cultures
Dr Patrick Crowley

Professor Nuala Finnegan
Dr Daragh O’Connell

Centre for ...

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CELT - Electronic Corpus of Irish Literature & History Dr Hiram Morgan

Centre for Advanced Studies in Languages & Cultures
Dr Patrick Crowley

Professor Nuala Finnegan
Dr Daragh O’Connell

Centre for Local & Regional Governance
Dr Aodh Quinlivan

Centre for Mexican Studies
Professor Nuala Finnegan

Centre for Neo-Latin Studies
Dr Jason Harris

Centre for Planning Education and Research
Mr Brendan O'Sullivan

Centre for the Study of the Moral Foundations of Economy and Society
Dr Kieran Keohane
Professor Arpad Szakolczai

Cork Folklore Project
Dr Tomás MacConmara
Dr Clíona O'Carroll

Institute for Social Science in the 21st Century
Dr Claire Edwards
Dr Caitriona Ni Laoire

Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Performance and Theatre Practices
Professor Manfred Schewe

Irish Centre for Galician Studies
Dr Martín Veiga

Irish Institute for Chinese Studies
Dr Kiri Paromore

Irish Institute for Japanese Studies
Dr Kiri Paromore

Irish Institute for Korean Studies
Dr Kevin N. Cawley

Irish National Institute for Historical Research
Dr Damian Bracken
Dr Hiram Morgan

LOCUS – Irish Placenames and Title Names
Dr Kevin Murray

MEWSC — Marginalised and Endangered World-Views Study Centre
Dr Lidia Guzy
Dr James Kapalo

Multitext Project
Dr Hiram Morgan