Training and Development for PhDs
All PhD students are required to complete PGR training that will enable them to conduct independent research. All PhD students must complete 15 credits of postgraduate research modules as a minimum.[1]
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’s 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.
[1] 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
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MSc by Research Scholarship (Management & Marketing)
The Department of Management and Marketing is research active in areas across the Management and Marketing disciplines including Human Resource Management, Leadership and Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Consumer Behaviour, Sustainable Consumption and International Business and is offering one MSc by Research scholarship for the academic year 2026-2027.
Learn more here.
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PhD Scholarship (Management and Marketing)
Join UCC’s Cork University Business School (CUBS) to shape the future of business theory and practice. The Department of Management and Marketing have a PhD scholarship available for October 2026/January 2027 entry in the area of Innovation Studies- apply by 3rd August 2026.
Learn more here.
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Four Year PhD in Sustainable Food Systems
The Department of Food Business and Development periodically offers PhD Scholarships which are open to both Home/EU and international students. This four-year PhD scholarship will cover fees (EU/non-EU) and a monthly stipend (€2,083) and is intended to promote research into the consumer, shopper or retail domains of contemporary food systems.
Learn more here
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MSc Commerce Scholarship – (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 €25,000 per annum. This Social and Co-operative Economy scholarship is intended to promote research in the field of co-operative organisation.
Learn more here
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RADIUS MSc Commerce by Research Scholarship
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).
Learn more here
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MSc Commerce by Research Scholarships
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.
Learn more here
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UCC Global Research Scholar Scheme (GRSS)
The UCC Global Research Scholar Scheme (GRSS) is open to research students registered for PhDs at non-EU partner institutions of UCC.
Learn more here
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To apply for a Phd follow the steps 1 to 3 below!
Step 1. Find A Supervisor in CUBS who has similar research interests to you
Step 2. Send an email to the supervisor you have identified with a completed Expression of Interest form here.
Step 3. If you both are happy to proceed, now you must formally apply for the PhD programme
How to Apply | University College Cork (ucc.ie)
If you want to discuss PhD or MSc by Research options then please contact:
Accounting & Finance
Name: Prof. Stewart Smyth
Email: ssmyth@ucc.ie
Economics
Name: Dr. Edel Walsh
Email: E.Walsh@ucc.ie
Food Business & Development
Name: Dr. Noreen Byrne
Email: n.byrne@ucc.ie
Management & Marketing
Name: Dr. Dave Alton
Email: david.alton@ucc.ie
Management Information Systems
Name: Dr. Paidi O'Reilly
Email: P.OReilly@ucc.ie
