Business – Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD)

• Your first step is to make contact with us for an informal discussion.
• We will then connect you with appropriate supervisors and work on a project proposal with you.
• Admission is offered in February and October.
• Contact us early – the proposal writing process and admission can take several months.

Please contact us for an informal conversation if you are interested in pursuing a PhD with us. You can contact a potential supervisor by searching through our staff interests, or contact the Head of Department for further information.

Please contact fees office for latest PhD fees.

Our current students are working on the below projects:

• Investigating the development of employee training and behaviour towards cyber-security in the Irish Credit Unions
• Digital advantage framework for growth and competitiveness in small and medium enterprise
• The Correlation between Bioplastics and Business Sustainability in the Irish Food Packaging Sector
• Virtual leadership and employee engagement: An investigation of effective leaderrship styles on increasing engagement levels in the private sector
• Aligning Personal Values in the Workplace: A Cross Cultural Mixed Method Study
• Blockchain Technology and its Potential for the Third-Level Education Sector in the Republic of Irelan
• Understanding Incubators and Accelerators: analysis of their social and economic impact on innovation and entrepreneurship
• Factors influencing transnational knowledge transfer in publicly funded projects between universities in North and South Africa

The structured elements of this programme facilitate the student to develop his/her generic transferable skills, discipline specific competencies and attributes associated with a graduate who has completed a level 10 programme at TUS. This structured element requires the student to complete a minimum of 15 ECTS credits in each year of study. A PhD student must complete a minimum of 50 ECTS credits by the end of Stage 3 of their programme of study; students have the option of completing a further up to 10 ECTS credits of study in stages 2 and 3, should they so wish.

Persons whose prior experiential learning equips them adequately for entry to a master’s programme by research, including persons who have made a significant contribution in a field of study that falls within the ambit of disciplines catered for by TUS and whose contribution in their chosen field is evidenced by patents, publications, books, compositions, works of art, inventions or any other scholarly endeavours that may be deemed by TUS to be appropriate contributions to the particular field of study. Persons who have a qualification other than a degree and who possess a substantial portfolio of industrial, artistic, commercial, laboratory, professional, teaching or research experience, usually developed over a period of not less than eight years, by virtue of which they could be deemed to be suitable entrants to a master’s research programme. Applicants who fall into any one of the categories listed shall be considered in the first instance at the Faculty Research Committee followed by a recommendation to the Graduate School Research Committee, and will be reviewed under the university’s accreditation of prior learning policy. Candidates approved under the process described in regulations will be required to register for, and complete successfully, a master’s qualifying programme prior to formal progression to research master’s studies. The format and requirement of the programme will be agreed by the Graduate School Research Committee on the advice of the Faculty Research Committee.

Assessment on a Doctoral programme is rigorous and includes: Continuous Assessment on taught modules, Annual progression presentations, Transfer viva from Master’s to PHD between 18-24 months. A final viva voce examined by internal and external examiner(s). Examinations for Doctor of Philosophy in TUS consist of thesis : submitted before the end of the student registration period in the format indicated, and the Viva voce: for successful completion of a PhD qualification Candidates are assessed by at least two examiners after the thesis has been submitted. One examiner will be appointed internally in line with requirements and at least one independent external examiner will be appointed in line with requirements.