PhD (Law) 48 months PHD Programme By RMIT University |TopUniversities
Subject Ranking

# 351-400QS Subject Rankings

Programme Duration

48 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

36,480 AUDTuition Fee/year

Application Deadline

01 Mar, 2023Application Deadline

Programme overview

Main Subject

Law and Legal Studies

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

This PhD degree may be undertaken in a project or thesis mode.
The GSBL Law academics can provide research supervision in a wide range of topic areas such as:
  • Dispute resolution, Mediation, Legal education
  • Employment law, Workplace relations law, Workplace regulations and policy, Collective bargaining, Workplace dispute resolutions, Comparative labor law
  • Taxation law and policy, Equity law, the Law of trusts, Wills and estates, Succession law, Commercial law, corporate law and banking law
  • Law and technology, internet law, artificial intelligence and law, robot law, blockchain law
  • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), Mental health advance directives, Coercion and recovery, Therapeutic jurisprudence, Mental health tribunals, Comparative law, Regulatory governance
  • Energy law, Environmental law, Renewable energy and climate law, Law and regulation, Electricity market regulation, Business and Human Rights, Corporate Accountability, Labour Regulation in Developing Countries, Labour Conditions in Supply Chains, Transnational Human Rights Mechanisms
  • Criminal law and policy, Criminal justice, human rights in places of detention, Prisons and punishment, Criminal records and other collateral consequences of conviction, Criminal law and gender
  • Law and politics, Constitutional law, Administrative law
  • Intellectual Property Law, WTO Law, International Human Rights Law
  • Labour law, Employment security, Industrial relations
  • Sports law, International commercial arbitration law, Jurisprudence, International law, Contract law, Tort law, Company law

Programme overview

Main Subject

Law and Legal Studies

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

This PhD degree may be undertaken in a project or thesis mode.
The GSBL Law academics can provide research supervision in a wide range of topic areas such as:
  • Dispute resolution, Mediation, Legal education
  • Employment law, Workplace relations law, Workplace regulations and policy, Collective bargaining, Workplace dispute resolutions, Comparative labor law
  • Taxation law and policy, Equity law, the Law of trusts, Wills and estates, Succession law, Commercial law, corporate law and banking law
  • Law and technology, internet law, artificial intelligence and law, robot law, blockchain law
  • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), Mental health advance directives, Coercion and recovery, Therapeutic jurisprudence, Mental health tribunals, Comparative law, Regulatory governance
  • Energy law, Environmental law, Renewable energy and climate law, Law and regulation, Electricity market regulation, Business and Human Rights, Corporate Accountability, Labour Regulation in Developing Countries, Labour Conditions in Supply Chains, Transnational Human Rights Mechanisms
  • Criminal law and policy, Criminal justice, human rights in places of detention, Prisons and punishment, Criminal records and other collateral consequences of conviction, Criminal law and gender
  • Law and politics, Constitutional law, Administrative law
  • Intellectual Property Law, WTO Law, International Human Rights Law
  • Labour law, Employment security, Industrial relations
  • Sports law, International commercial arbitration law, Jurisprudence, International law, Contract law, Tort law, Company law

Admission Requirements

58+
79+
6.5+
The minimum requirements for admission to a PhD program are:
  • a bachelor degree requiring at least four years of full-time study in a relevant discipline awarded with honours. The degree should include a research component comprised of a thesis, other research projects or research methodology courses that constitute at least 25% of a full-time academic year (or part-time equivalent). The applicant must have achieved at least a distinction average in the final year; or
  • a master degree that includes a research component comprised of at least 25% of a full-time academic year (or part-time equivalent) with an overall distinction average or a master degree without a research component with at least a high distinction average; or
  • evidence of appropriate academic qualifications and/or experience that satisfies the Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research Training and Development or nominee that the applicant has developed knowledge of the field of study or cognate field and the potential for research sufficient to undertake the proposed program.

01 Mar 2023
4 Years
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36,480 AUD

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