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UWS research degrees are designed to enable students to focus on contemporary social issues and scientific problems. Our research students are supported by a supervisory panel of two to three staff members who may hold honorary or adjunct appointments and we actively encourage the appointment of associate supervisors from industry as well as other universities where this is appropriate. The supervisory panel provides students with well-rounded expertise in topic areas that are increasingly interdisciplinary.
| Research Degree | Emphasis |
|---|---|
| Masters (Honours) | Primarily undertaken as a supervised program of original research with a particular emphasis on research methodology. Provides students with the opportunity to develop their potential for research, enhance their skills of problem identification and specification, and their ability to develop and present solutions. |
| Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) | Provides training and education for those with the capacity to conduct independent research at the highest level of originality and quality, uncovering new knowledge either by the discovery of new facts, the formulation of theories or the innovative re-interpretation of known data and established ideas. |
| Professional Doctorate | Provides extended and advanced training in professional fields where projects and investigations are more applied in nature and more obviously oriented to professional practice. Designed to equip candidates to be critical consumers of research in a professional setting. These degrees include the Doctor of Education and Doctor of Creative Arts, Doctor of Cultural Research. |
The Graduate Certificate in Research Studies is a preparatory research training course for those who have an undergraduate degree or masters degree by coursework and/or extensive professional experience. Research students may receive admission to a research degree conditional on satisfactory completion of the course.
A research degree is defined as one in which a minimum of 66% of the work is undertaken by way of independent research.
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