Our Centre provides an innovative, supportive and fun research training environment, where research students work alongside senior researchers in a well-equipped purpose-built lab environment.
Our research training activities include:
- internal and external seminars
- masterclasses with visiting scholars
- reading groups
- developmental workshops
- access to significant formal and informal mentoring opportunities
- exchanges and visiting fellowship opportunities with our partner organisations and partner universities nationally and internationally.
- industry and government project opportunities
Step 1. Explore our topic areas and identify a supervisor:
Find our Current PhD and Masters opportunities and topics. These can be filtered by research Program area.
Programs:
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Once you have picked a topic and a supervisor, please email them and get their support for your application, before moving onto Step 2.
Step 2. Applying to study:
For Domestic Students –
You’ll need to:
- Check academic entry requirements
- prepare your supporting documents
- complete your research proposal with your supervisor’s approval
- submit your expression of interest (EOI) via the online form.
- Domestic Students can submit their EOI at any time for consideration.
If successful, you’ll receive an invitation to submit your final application. It usually takes between 6 to 8 weeks from submitting your EOI until you receive your admission outcome.
For International Students –
You’ll need to:
- Check academic entry requirements and English language requirements
- prepare your supporting documents
- complete your research proposal with your supervisor’s approval
- submit your expression of interest (EOI) via the online form.
- International Students can submit their EOI at any time for consideration.
If successful, you’ll receive an invitation to submit your final application. It usually takes between 6 to 8 weeks from submitting your EOI until you receive your admission outcome.
Step 3. Applying for a scholarship:
There are broad categories of scholarships you are eligible for:
1) Supervisor / grant-provided scholarships: these are scholarships associated with specific projects or grants. Supervisors you talk to will advise you as to whether they have any of these available. A somewhat up to date list of specific PhD Scholarship opportunities is here.
2) QUT Provided Scholarships: these are scholarships provided by the university. If you are applying during the Annual Scholarship Round you can note in your application which scholarships you’d like to be considered for. Please see Applying for a Scholarship.
In the annual scholarship round, QUT offers these centrally-funded scholarships:
- Research Training Program (RTP) Stipend
- QUT Postgraduate Research Award (QUTPRA)
- Indigenous Postgraduate Research Award (IPRA), for applicants of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent. This scholarship is awarded throughout the year and during scholarship rounds as well.
Step 4. What happens next?:
QUT will take up to approximately six to eight weeks to process your Expression of Interest (EOI) and final application, if you’ve submitted all the necessary documentation.
If your final application is successful, we’ll send you your offer directly, or to your agent if you used one.
If you apply during a QUT scholarship round, processing your application may take longer. Find outcome dates for rounds when applying for a research scholarship.
PhD Student Experience
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