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Law Research Interests

Overview

Dundee Law School has a flourishing and supportive research environment in which staff, students and researchers are encouraged to workshop their ideas. All staff in the Law School are expected to be research active and the range of research activity is wide.

Current interests and activities cover a wide variety of research traditions that include black letter, comparative, philisophical, socio-legal, interdisciplinary and historical approaches to the study of law across a range of subject areas.

Staff bring wide experience from a range of jurisdictions. The research strengths of the School were recognised in the results of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise.

Dundee was one of only two law schools in the United Kingdom to achieve a 100% international standard classification, with half of our research being graded internationally excellent or world leading.

We welcome applications to our two programmes: the Masters by research (LL.M.) and the Ph.D programmes. Both programmes afford the opportunity to conduct in depth research into an area of law of your own choosing and the chance to work closely, on a one to one basis, with a supervisor who specialises in that area of law.

For more information about Research in Law at Dundee, including details of our Research Groups, please visit the Dundee Law School research webpages.

Entry Requirements

You should have an honours degree at 2.1 or above, or a Masters degree in a relevant discipline.

English Language Requirement: IELTS of 6.5 overall, with no less than 6.0 in the written component and no less than 5.5 in any other component, if your first language is not English. Please check our Language Requirements page for details of equivalent grades from other test providers, and information about the University of Dundee English Language courses.

Fees & Funding

Please visit our Fees & Funding webpages for general postgraduate research funding information.

How to Apply

Before applying please consult the following applicant checklist:

  1. Check the current staff research interests
  2. Prepare a research proposal (maximum length of 3,000 words), which must include the following:
    • Bibliography
    • The statement of a preliminary research question
    • Hypothesis and argument
    • How the research contributes to the existing literature
    • Methodology

Your proposal should allow us to ensure that we have an appropriate supervisor and the library facilities to enable you to complete your study successfully. It will also demonstrate your own ability to produce a substantial and coherent outline for your work.

To apply for a research degree in Law, use the online system UKPASS, via the link below.

Apply here:

Contact

Fiona Clark, Postgraduate Secretary

Telephone: +44 (0)1382 384 764

Email: law-pgenq@dundee.ac.uk