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 | £18250 | Year 1 |
| International | £18250 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £4800 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £4800 | Year 1 |
| England | £4800 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £4800 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
Swansea University
Singleton Park
Swansea
SA2 8PP