Law (PhD) PhD

The PhD in Law programme at Queen Mary is one of the largest in the UK, with more than 120 research students. As a PhD student at the School of Law, you will be part of a diverse and cosmopolitan research community, as students come to Queen Mary from all over the world.<br/><br/>PhD students are a vital part of our research culture and you will be invited to attend regular research seminars at which faculty members, visiting scholars and PhD students present their work in progress.<br/><br/>This programme will:<br/><br/><br/>- Allow you to specialise in virtually any field of law you choose. All supervisors are qualified members of staff with their own major research projects and publications.<br/><br/><br/>- Give you research training, through a series of seminars at which you will be required to present your work, and through a formal research methods training course run at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. Participation in these courses is a compulsory part of the first year of research.<br/><br/><br/>- Allow you to study additional courses which are provided by the college on different aspects of the PhD research process.<br/>