PhDPhysics
Doctor of Philosophy (Applied Physics)
RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
About this program
RMIT's Doctor of Philosophy (Applied Physics) (CRICOS 079680G, plan DR230) is a research degree based at City Campus, with a maximum duration of 4 years full-time (up to 8 years part-time; candidates are expected to complete in 3-4 years full-time equivalent). Candidates undertake original research under expert supervision in areas including advanced imaging and nanoscale characterisation, confocal and atomic force microscopy, fibre optics and optical spectroscopy, general relativity, materials physics, medical physics and bio-imaging, quantum computing and quantum technology, radiation physics and dosimetry, semiconductors and superconductors, soft matter and biophysics, and space physics and planetary science, often within RMIT's ARC Centres of Excellence and research groups such as the Applied Electromagnetics and Radiation Physics Research Group, the Theoretical Chemical and Quantum Physics Research Group, and the Soft Matter Research Group. The degree can be completed in project, thesis-with-publication, or thesis mode.
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Course structure
- As a research degree, there is no taught coursework curriculum. Candidates complete a compulsory research methods course, online modules in research integrity and copyright/intellectual property, and, where relevant, elective subjects in qualitative or quantitative research techniques once data collection has begun. The core requirement is an original thesis or project that makes a significant, original contribution to the field, undertaken under supervisor guidance with a regular schedule of progress meetings
- full-time candidates are expected to commit at least four days a week to research (two days a week for part-time candidates), against a 48-week academic year
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Admissions
Applicants need a four-year honours bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline including a research component (thesis, other research projects, or research methodology subjects) of at least 25% of a full-time academic year, with at least a distinction average (70%+) in the final year, OR a master's degree with a research component of at least 25% of a full-time academic year at an overall distinction average, OR a master's degree without a research component at a high distinction average (80%+), OR equivalent qualifications and/or experience approved by the Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research Training and Development. Applicants must submit a 2 to 5 page research proposal covering the topic, research questions, significance, methodology and resource needs, and must have already discussed the proposed topic with a nominated senior and associate supervisor (or joint senior supervisors) before applying.
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