European University Cyprus has established a reputation for quality education with a sharp focus on the employability of its students, and has been recognized for its investment in high tech innovation and engagement with industry and society.
The PhD in law is the highest degree offered by the law department of the European University Cyprus forming the pinnacle of the pyramid made up of the Bachelors degree in law (LL.B) and the Masters degree in law (LL.M). The particular program of study is addressed to candidates with advanced research interests in the science of law who are willing and able to conduct research in a field falling within the legal science and to write a thesis of 80.000 - 100.000 words setting out and analyzing their research results. At the end of the program, PhD candidates shall be called upon to defend their thesis before an examiners committee which will include at least one external examiner. The PhD thesis should represent an original, significant and substantial contribution to scientific knowledge in the domain to which it refers. Apart from the above, PhD students will have the opportunity to conduct research in the dynamic and continuously developing research team of the law department of the European University Cyprus and under the supervision of two members of the department, one supervisor and one co-supervisor. At the same time, they will have to take up research methodology modules and attend seminars on advanced legal issues in the context of which they will have to produce relevant coursework, which they will have the opportunity to present in seminars or conferences within and outside the university. The ultimate aim of the program is the development of the PhD student into an independent researcher capable of producing scientific work of the highest caliber in the legal domain.