Future Students
Future Students
Am I eligible?
Things to consider before submitting an application:
Entry requirements
You must meet the minimum academic entry requirements for your intended course. Check the Handbook to learn what these are.
Scholarship eligibility
Graduate Research Scholarships selection is based on academic merit. You must be of First Class Honours H1 or 80%* or higher to be competitive for scholarship selection.
*University of Melbourne equivalent
Which research topic?
You are required to liaise and gain support of a potential supervisor before submitting an online application. You will work under the guidance of at least two supervisors and an advisory committee throughout the duration of your research degree.
You can find a list of projects in our Research Project Database or below:
Health Sciences Projects by Theme
Population and Global Health Projects by Theme
Psychological Sciences Projects by Theme
Affiliated Research Institutes
Each research project has a research group leader that you may contact to request support for your application.
If you wish to pursue an area of research that is not defined in the list of current research projects, you can search for academics in your intended research area by using our Find an Expert directory.
When should I apply?
Applications for Graduate Research may be lodged at any time throughout the calendar year.
You will need to submit a course application by the relevant closing dates to be considered for Graduate Research Scholarships and Faculty based scholarships available to you.
Only complete applications that are submitted by the due dates below will be assessed for candidature and scholarships in that round.
Ensure you submit a course application by the relevant due dates below to be considered for scholarships. Most scholarships will be awarded in the first 2 rounds.
Additional rounds may be advertised for specific scholarships (e.g. MDHS Graduate Research Trust Scholarships).
If you are successful in obtaining a scholarship, you must commence your scholarship by 31 October of the academic year you have been made an offer for, or your scholarship offer may be rescinded.
Round | Applications for 2024 that are complete and received by this date | Applicants should be notified of the outcome by |
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Round 1 | 31 October 2023 | 15 December 2023 |
Round 2 | 31 January 2024 | 29 March 2024 |
Round 3 | 15 May 2024 | 12 July 2024 |
The Faculty reserves the right to alter timelines and dates subject to requirements. Check this website for any changes prior to submission of your application.
CONTACT INFORMATION
For further information please contact: mdhs-scholarships@unimelb.edu.au
Gather your documents
Ensure you have following documentation ready before you submit your application:
- A current CV outlining education background, prior professional and research experience and publications relevant to your proposed research project.
- Scanned copy in colour of the original document of all higher education transcripts, completion statement (official translation, if applicable) and grading schemes.
- A copy of the email(s) showing your nominated supervisor has agreed to support your application
- Research summary (100 words)
- Contact details of two academic referees. If you have prior professional and/or research experience, please provide employer referee/s for each position held. Your referees will be required to provide information about your academic ability and judgement of your research potential.
Graduate Research Training Policy
Selection and Admission Policy
Submit an online application
Graduate Research Applications
To avoid delays in the assessment of your application, please ensure you follow the online application instructions carefully and upload all the required documents. Assessment of your application will only commence once you have provided all required documents.
Please allow 4-12 weeks for your application to be processed. You will be notified of the outcome via email. If you are offered a place at the University of Melbourne, your letter of offer will explain the enrolment process.
Accepting your offer and enrolling
If your application is successful, you will receive an offer letter by email.
To accept your course and scholarship offer, follow the instructions in your offer letter.
The course offer letter you receive will contain instructions on enrolling into your course. If you receive a conditional offer for a course, you must satisfy the offer conditions before you can enrol.
You must complete your enrolment and a local induction before you can commence your research. All academic units (department, school, institute or centre) run local inductions and graduate researchers are required to attend a local induction. Please liaise with your supervisor about your proposed start date and induction.
All graduate researchers are expected to attend a University Orientation in their first year of enrolment. Please refer to Melbourne CSHE for registration dates.
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Deferring your offer
Deferring your offer:
The Associate Dean Graduate Research and the Faculty Graduate Research Committee have recently updated the Faculty policy around deferrals. The new policy is as outlined below:
- Graduate research applicants may apply to defer their commencement in their course prior to enrolment for a period of up to 12 months.
- Graduate research applicants with exceptional extenuating circumstances may be able to defer for a further 12 months (24 months in total).
- Deferral is not automatically granted and is considered by the dean or nominee.
- Graduate research applicants who have been offered a graduate research scholarship cannot apply to defer their scholarship to the following calendar year. If their course deferral has been approved to the following calendar year, they will be re-considered for a graduate research scholarship for that year.
If you wish to defer your course offer, please see the instructions in your offer letter.
Deferring your offer
If your application is successful, you will receive an offer letter by email.
To accept your course and scholarship offer, follow the instructions in your offer letter.
The course offer letter you receive will contain instructions on enrolling into your course. If you receive a conditional offer for a course, you must satisfy the offer conditions before you can enrol.
You must complete your enrolment and a local induction before you can commence your research. All academic units (department, school, institute or centre) run local inductions and graduate researchers are required to attend a local induction. Please liaise with your supervisor about your proposed start date and induction.
All graduate researchers are expected to attend a University Orientation in their first year of enrolment. Please refer to Melbourne CSHE for registration dates.>