Doctor of Philosophy in Agriculture and Food Science

University College Dublin

The UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science's research programmes address key national issues including environment, energy, forestry, agri-food, health, and the development of evidence based policy. These align with many of the current global challenges in areas such as energy, food shortage and the environment.Students undertaking graduate research degrees within the School have an opportunity to contribute to these nationally and internationally important areas of research while developing their knowledge of their area of research and honing their research skills. As a school we harness the complementary energies of research and teaching to drive graduate education. Our goal is to produce confident, highly-skilled graduates with the potential to make major scientific contributions to the knowledge economy, both in Ireland and abroad.A PhD typically takes 3-4 years full-time or 5-6 years part-time to complete. The examination for the degree of PhD is based on a description of the candidates research written up as a thesis and defended in a viva voce oral examination.