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Anatomy (Structured PhD)

Structured PhD (Anatomy), full-time

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Course Overview

Link to Deptarment of Anatomy webpage

Programmes Available

Structured PhD— Anatomy—4 years full-time
Applications are made online via the University of Galway Postgraduate Applications System. 

Associated

Learning Outcomes

Entry Requirements

TBA

Who’s Suited to This Course

Current research projects

  • Analysis on the Role of Rho GTPases in Epithelial cells in-vivoStructural, Functional and Molecular
  • Characterisation of Human Myometrium from Normal and Obese Category BMI Women
  • A Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Postmortem Investigation of White Matter Microstructural Organization in the Human Brain

Current funded research opportunity

Work Placement

Related Student Organisations

Career Opportunities

Find a Supervisor / PhD Project

If you are still looking for a potential supervisor or PhD project or would like to identify the key research interests of our academic staff and researchers, you can use our online portal to help in that search

Course Outline

Curriculum Information

Curriculum information relates to the current academic year (in most cases).
Course and module offerings and details may be subject to change.

Glossary of Terms

Credits
You must earn a defined number of credits (aka ECTS) to complete each year of your course. You do this by taking all of its required modules as well as the correct number of optional modules to obtain that year's total number of credits.
Module
An examinable portion of a subject or course, for which you attend lectures and/or tutorials and carry out assignments. E.g. Algebra and Calculus could be modules within the subject Mathematics. Each module has a unique module code eg. MA140.
Subject
Some courses allow you to choose subjects, where related modules are grouped together. Subjects have their own required number of credits, so you must take all that subject's required modules and may also need to obtain the remainder of the subject's total credits by choosing from its available optional modules.
Optional
A module you may choose to study.
Required
A module that you must study if you choose this course (or subject).
Required Core Subject
A subject you must study because it's integral to that course.
Semester
Most courses have 2 semesters (aka terms) per year, so a three-year course will have six semesters in total. For clarity, this page will refer to the first semester of year 2 as 'Semester 3'.

Year 1 (0 Credits)

Year 2 (90 Credits)

Year 3 (90 Credits)

Year 4 (90 Credits)

Year 5 (90 Credits)

Year 6 (0 Credits)

Year 7 (0 Credits)

Year 8 (0 Credits)

Research Areas

Areas of Specialisation:

  • Sampling design / Stereology / image analysis
  • Microscopy :Confocal / ambient and low temperature EM
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Lectin Histochemistry
  • Detection of gene expression: in situ hybridization/PCR
  • Behavioural/phenotypic Characterisation (Animal/organ/cell)
  • Cell culture models including 3D cell culture systems.
  • Clinical Neuroimaging in Psychiatric Disorders


Broad Areas of Research Interest:

  • Reproductive Biology
  • Cardiovascular Biology
  • Neurobiology
  • Biology of the Extracellular Matrix; receptors and signalling
  • Tissue Engineering


Anatomy is heavily involved in the research activities of The National centre for Biomedical Engineering Science (NCBES), The Regenerative Medicine Institute (REMEDI), The Network of Excellence for Functional Biomaterials and the National Biophotonics and Imaging Platform http://www.nbipireland.ie/

Researcher Profiles

For a full list of staff, their respective research areas and web pages please visit http://www.nuigalway.ie/anatomy/staff.html

Course Fees

Fees: EU

€5,750 p.a. (€5,890 including levy) 2026/27

Fees: Non EU

€15,000 p.a. (€15,140 including levy) 2026/27

Extra Information


EU Part-time: Year 1 €4,250 p.a. (€4,390 including levy) 2026/27


All students, irrespective of funding, must pay the student levy of €140.

Contact Us

Prof. Peter Dockery
Anatomy, Block B
University of Galway
E: peter.dockery@universityofgalway
T: + 353 91 492 784