Physician of Philosophy (PhD) and Professional Doctorates

Admission criteria

To approve the application right into a research greater degree, the college should be satisfied that you can to commence independent attend a doctorate level.

Approved qualifications for entry within the Physician of Philosophy along with other professional doctorates would be the attainment from the following:

• Master of Philosophy degree or
• Bachelor (Honours Class 1) degree or
• Bachelor (Honours Class 2) degree or
• Qualifications from the college or any other tertiary institution considered to become equal to the needs as put down above.

Approval of prior experience or qualifications for those greater research levels reaches the discretion from the School or Institute Dean or Director.

Look for a supervisor

All research candidates possess a panel with a minimum of two supervisors, certainly one of whom is designated because the principal supervisor. The College and Institute HDR Company directors can help in identifying potential supervisors and really should be contacted just before preparing the application.

How you can apply

Local students (including Australian Citizens, Permanent Residents and Nz Citizens) may make an application for admission into greater research levels anytime while using Online Form .(opens inside a new window) In case your application is effective, you might commence anytime.

Worldwide students may make an application for admission into greater research levels anytime while using Online Form .(opens inside a new window) In case your application is effective, your enrolment for any session must commence prior to the corresponding census dates of 31 March or 31 August.

Research proposal

You’re requested to submit an investigation proposal together with your application.

The proposal ought to be discussed by having an academic consultant to make sure that any project is viable which Western Sydney College has got the sources to aid your quest subject.

If you’re trying to get a predefined scholarship project (e.g. ARC funded scholarship), you aren’t needed to submit an investigation proposal however, you should identify this in your application.

Application listing

Make use of the HDR Listing for Research Applicants (PDF, 106.44 KB) (opens inside a new window) to make sure the application is finished and you have attached all of the needed forms and licensed documents. Incomplete applications can’t be processed and could be rejected.

Scholarships

A variety of scholarships are for sale to provide assistance for college students undertaking greater degree research. Applications for 2 primary scholarship models are opened up every year. Additional scholarships might be provided in the past year.

To learn more, check out the scholarships page .