Overview

The higher doctorate is the highest qualification awarded by the University.The Higher Doctorates are higher degrees by research where the student presents for examination a significant body of published work accumulated prior to acceptance into candidature.The course demonstrates that students have a prima facie case that the student’s body of … For more content click the Read More button below.

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Program of study overview

Program of study
18 Units

Year 1 - Core18 Units

Admission requirements

Admission requirements
English Language requirements

Aims

The purpose of the Higher Doctorate degree is to acknowledge that the production of a substantial body of original research produced prior to candidature demonstrates internationally recognised, significant and sustained original contributions to a field of research or to inter-disciplinary scholarship. A higher doctorate degree is of a higher standing than either a Masters by Research degree or the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).

Student progression rules

Progression in the time-based research project is governed by the Higher Degrees by Research Policy.

The minimum duration of candidature is three months, and maximum is one year.