Course summary
Start dates: 1st October, 1st January, 1st April, 1st July. When you join our thriving community of postgraduate research students, you’ll become part of a supportive and friendly environment where we are dedicated to understanding some of society’s most challenging issues. A research degree in Law gives you the chance to pursue a project based around your own passions and interests, leading to a qualification which can open the door to an academic career or boost employment prospects in a range of other fields. Your research degree will typically last from three years (full-time) to six years (part-time) for a PhD, or two years (full-time) to four years (part-time) for an MPhil. We have a wide range of expertise, and we invite applications in the following areas:
- Common, Contract and Commercial Law
- Maritime Law
- Oil and Gas Law
- Public Law across domestic, regional and international levels
- Economic Law
- Environmental Law
- European Union Law
- Gender and the Law
- Human Rights Law
- Investment Law
- Minority Language Rights
- Multilevel Governance
- Socio-economic Law
- Public Procurement Law.
- Criminal Law and the Law relating to Terrorism, Cyber Terrorism and Counter Terrorism.
Entry requirements
Applicants for Ph.D./MPhil study must normally hold an undergraduate degree at 2.1 level (or non-UK equivalent as defined by Swansea University), with no failed modules at undergraduate level, and a master’s degree with an overall grade of ‘merit’. English Language requirement IELTS 6.5 Overall (with no individual component below 6.0) or Swansea University recognised equivalent.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
EU | £17400 | Year 1 |
International | £17400 | Year 1 |
Wales | £4712 | Year 1 |
Scotland | £4712 | Year 1 |
England | £4712 | Year 1 |
Northern Ireland | £4712 | Year 1 |
Additional fee information
Provider information
Swansea University
Singleton Park
Swansea
SA2 8PP