Overview
Course offerings
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Program of study
18 Units
Admission 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.