The PhD programme in Political Science and International Relations at is a full-time course of study which is organised to achieve the following objectives: – To enable students to engage in advanced study and research in a variety of disciplines. – To foster original, novel and scholarly research that serves the interests and needs of Kurdistan, Iraq and beyond. – To equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to engage in independent scholarly research, the generation of new knowledge, and to perform diverse tasks requiring skills obtained on the programme.