Prospective Students

At TU Dublin, you will develop as a creative, critical and independent researcher and in line with Ireland’s National Framework for Doctoral Education, you will have opportunities to develop and practice a range of key transversal skills, including research skills, ethics and social understanding, communication skills, personal development and career management.  Our graduates are engaged, enterprising, enquiring and experts in their chosen subject discipline, competencies that they apply in industry and the professions, providing solutions to global challenges and making demonstrable contributions to society and the economy. 

TU Dublin confers research-based postgraduate awards and candidates can register for one of six research degrees: Postgraduate Diploma by Research (PgDip); Master of Philosophy (MPhil); Doctor of Philosophy (PhD); Doctor of Music (DMus), Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) and Doctor of Creative Practice (DCP).

TU Dublin also welcomes research students from other universities, nationally and internationally, to visit and work with our leading experts within our state-of-the-art facilities.  Further information is available in section 8.2 of our regulations available here

The application form for visiting students is available here and the fees are available here