For PhD programmes
Candidates take 50 credits over three years. This is comprised of GSA1, GSA2, GSA3, EN841, EN842, EN851, EN852, EN861, EN862 plus at least one other module from the list of optional modules.
For MLitt programmes
Students must take a minimum of 10 credits in taught modules (at least 5 in generic/transferable modules and at least 5 in subject specific/advanced specialist modules) from the Structured PhD programme.
A B.A. in English or related discipline: normally a first class honours degree result or equivalent. Applicants are advised to contact the Department to discuss their research topic before submitting an application. For international students whose first language is not English, an English language exam certificate showing IELTS 6.5 (or equivalent) is required.
MHK02 PhD 4 years Full-time
MHK03 PhD 6 years part-time
MHK04 MLitt 2 years Full-time
MHK05 MLitt 3 years Part-time
Contact us about this course
Programme Director Dr Conor McCarthy,
Director of Graduate Research,
English Department
Tel: +353 (0)1 708 3393
Email: english.department@nuim.ie
Website: https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/english
All applications should be made through the PAC system.
Research Interests
The Department of English at Maynooth University has an impressive international research record, including published work on major Irish authors, Irish cinema and visual culture, eighteenth-century British writing, Shakespeare, modernism, and new world literatures in English. Staff research specialisms include 18th and 19th century Irish culture, Ireland and romanticism, Irish famine studies, James Joyce, Ireland and gender theory, Northern Irish culture, Irish poetry, and critical theory.
In general, there are two levels of fees payable. EU students from EU countries including Ireland pay a subsidised level of fees for both taught courses and research programmes. Tuition fees for students from outside the EU are not subsidised and are thus somewhat higher than for EU students.
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English and Theatre Studies
The Department offers an immersive and rewarding educational experience, with a unique concentration at Maynooth of internationally recognised scholars. The Department of English offers the opportunity to study literature and culture in English from the Renaissance to the present and the supervision of research projects in Irish literature and culture, postcolonial studies, gender studies, world literature, and British literature with particular strengths in Shakespeare and in the eighteenth century.