Company, Commercial and Financial Law PhD and MPhil.
Research proposal. If you are a PhD applicant, please attach an outline of your research proposal (up to 1,000 words). If you are an MRes applicant, please provide a short statement, of no more than 500 words, outlining the area of research you are interested in focusing on.
Our Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) postgraduate degree is a research-based programme of study centred on completing a satisfactory thesis of up to 100,000 words on an approved topic in the field of law. The programme is normally three years in length, or six years for part-time students.
How to write your Research Proposal. The research proposal is a vital part of the application and will be studied in detail by the department’s selectors. The proposal should be around 2,000 words. It is beneficial if you have made contact with a member of the department who shares your research interests prior to the submission of your application. SOAS has a dedicated Doctoral School.
PhD in Law Postgraduate research students are usually registered initially for the degree of PhD. Your initial studies, under the guidance of an academic supervisor, will prepare you for confirmation of your PhD registration, which takes place within two years (full time), and provide you with the essential foundation to help you make an original contribution to knowledge in your chosen field.
Sample Research Proposals You will find here two examples of proposals for postgraduate research from the Department of Social Policy and Criminology. They both give good indication of the sorts of things that need to be included. The first, on fathering after divorce or separation, represents first thoughts on the proposed topic, but sets out some clear interests and demonstrates how it will.
The research proposal: Centre for Applied Human Rights1 Your research proposal will be carefully considered by the Centre’s faculty. The main purposes of the proposal are (a) to allow the admissions team to check the feasibility and potential originality of the research; (b) to ensure that we are able to allocate each successful applicant to an appropriate supervisor; (c) to indicate the.
The proposal must demonstrate that the research project has the potential to be developed into an MPhil or PhD. The proposal allows the School of Law to determine whether we have the appropriate resources and expertise to supervise the research. (For instance, it is worth noting that we are generally unable to consider proposals which are.