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Explore PhD Education at Cork University Business School
Overview
Cork University Business School (CUBS) is committed to research excellence and quality and to supporting the next generation of research leaders. Undertaking a research degree facilitates in-depth study in a discipline in which the student already has a good academic grounding. CUBS also encourages inter-disciplinary research, where the student has appropriate knowledge in cognate areas. We aim to ensure our postgraduate research graduates are prepared, through our training and support, for a wide range of high-level successful careers. Students are given supervision by a team of experts. Our current research students are undertaking research in a variety of areas, such as Health & Wellbeing; 鈥係ustainability & Food, Regional Development & Economic Growth, IS Security & Ethical Business Decision-Making; Employment & Work, and many more, reflecting the diverse nature of CUBS' research activities and our research strengths.
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All PhD students are required to complete PGR training that will enable them to conduct independent research. All PhD students must complete15 credits of postgraduate research modules as a minimum.
The following 5-credit modules are recommended for all CUBS PhD students:
BU7004 Business Research Skills
BU7005 Qualitative Research Methods
BU7006 Quantitative Research Methods
BU7007 Action Design Research
Further information on these modules is available through UCC鈥檚 Book of Modules and from the course coordinators. Where students and their Supervisory Team feel that these modules are not appropriate for their training (e.g. due to prior advanced knowledge in some of these areas or specific training needs in relation to their research), other modules should be chosen from the UCC postgraduate suite of modules. Information and registration for these modules is through Graduate Studies:research student modules, PhD, modules (ucc.ie)
In case required training is not available through CUBS or UCC postgraduate modules, PhD students may get recognition for up to 10 credits over the course of their programme for external modules or courses.
Additional career development training that is accessible to PGR students is provided by UCC and CUBS through relevant modules and PGR seminars. While MSc Research Students are not required to complete PGR modules, it is recommended that they discuss training needs with their supervisory team.
Students who are registered on postgraduate research programmes that incorporate taught modules (e.g. DBA Business Economics; PhD Business Information Systems) should complete the training specified in these programmes.
Current Opportunities
MSc Commerce Scholarship 鈥� (One/Two Year) Social and Cooperative Economy
The Department of Food Business and Development periodically offers MSc Scholarships which are open to both Home/EU and international students. This one or two-year scholarship will cover fees (EU/non-EU) and a stipend which in total will amount to 鈧�25,000 per annum. This Social and Co-operative Economy scholarship is intended to promote research in the field of co-operative organisation.
The Department of Economics, Cork University Business School, is offering a 1-year MSc Commerce by Research Scholarship funded under the RADIUS research grant (Regional Analytics for Digital Inclusion and Urban Sustainability).
Cork University Business School (CUBS) and its departments periodically offer MSc scholarships. The Department of Economics is offering 4 MSc Commerce (MSc by research) scholarships for the academic year 2026-2027. These scholarships are open to both Home/EU and international students and will cover fees (EU/non-EU). Applicants must meet the entry threshold and other requirements for MSc Commerce, including the minimum English language entry requirements.
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