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PhD Studentship

Fully Funded PhD Opportunity in EU Law – Apply by 3 June 2025

PhD Studentship
The School of Law and Government at Dublin City University invites applications for its four-year fully funded PhD programme, starting in September 2025.

 

Outstanding PhD candidates will be offered a fee waiver and a tax-free scholarship of €25,000 per annum for four years. All applicants (including international applicants) will be automatically considered for the funded studentship. The School of Law and Government is a research-active school with world-class faculty willing to supervise PhD students on topics in their areas of research. DCU regularly ranks among the top “100 under 50” universities as per Times Higher Education and hosts various research centres. The School is committed to embedding a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion, and to that end welcomes applicants from all backgrounds.

We invite applications for PhD research in EU Law. The selected PhD candidate will be supervised by Prof. Federico Fabbrini (Full Professor of European Law, Founding Director of the DCU Brexit Institute and the Dublin European Law Institute).

The School operates a full-time structured four-year PhD programme with a range of taught courses in the first year and further professional training offered in other years. The programme combines the rigour and professionalism of the largely taught US approach with the independence and imagination of the traditional European supervisory programme. It is designed to prepare students to conduct cutting-edge research and pursue successful academic careers. As well as a tax-free stipend, we may support our students with limited funding for conference and research travel. The School also gives its PhD students opportunities to contribute to teaching.

Prospective applicants can find additional information about doing a PhD at DCU on the faculty website.

How to apply
 The deadline for applications is Tuesday 3rd June 2025 at 5:00pm GMT. Late applications will not be accepted. Applicants should send the following to charlie.halford@dcu.ie with the subject line, ‘PhD EU Law 2025’ and the following:

  1. A full CV with contact details for two referees
     
  2. The grades and full transcripts achieved in their Master’s degree (copies of transcripts required)
     
  3. A research proposal (approx. 2,000–3,000 words)