What to expect
Designed for high performing university graduates, the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is a postgraduate research degree with a supervised project of original research at its core. Develop high level independent research skills while making an original contribution of knowledge to a specific discipline or area of practice.
As a JCU PhD candidate, you’ll have the opportunity to undertake focused research in the tropics. You’ll explore and generate new knowledge to meet the social, environmental and sustainability challenges facing tropical communities.
Create new knowledge, transform your future.
Work closely with experienced advisors to identify a research question, design and implement a project, analyse the results and document the research as a thesis. The PhD generally has no required coursework, although some can be taken as an option.
Manage your project challenges and timeline pressures with structured milestones built into the program. Benefit from professional development activities, participate in international conferences and publish your work along the way.
Career Opportunities
JCU Doctor of Philosophy graduates are internationally recognised as experts who discover valuable new knowledge in their fields.
The future for PhD graduates is diverse. The skills you develop during your PhD allow you to gain a toolkit for theoretical and practical approaches to problems and innovation with social and commercial impact. This will allow you to take on leadership roles across industry, government and academic sectors in a range of roles and contexts including researcher, practitioner, and research manager.
Course learning outcomes
Graduates of a Doctoral Degree will have:
Knowledge
Skills
Graduates of a Doctoral Degree will demonstrate the application of knowledge and skills:
* السعر الظاهر هو سعر توضيحي، يرجى تواصل مع الجامعة
مارس 2024, يونيو 2024, سبتمبر 2024
Townsville campus
1 James Cook Dr,
DOUGLAS,
Queensland,
4814, TOWNSVILLE, Australia
* السعر الظاهر هو سعر توضيحي، يرجى تواصل مع الجامعة
مارس 2024, يونيو 2024, سبتمبر 2024
Cairns campus
14-88 McGregor Road,
SMITHFIELD,
Queensland,
4878, CAIRNS, Australia
To be eligible to apply for entry to a Doctoral program, an applicant must demonstrate the capacity to undertake research at the Doctoral level by the attainment of at least one of the following:
IELTS - 6.5 (no component lower than 6.0); TOEFL (internet based) - 86 (no component less than 21); Pearson (PTE Academic) - 58 (no component less than 54); C1 Advanced / C2 Proficiency: 176 (no component less than 169).
قد يكون هناك متطلبات أيلتس مختلفة بناء على التخصص المحدد.
جامعة جيمس كوك (JCU) مصنفة ضمن أفضل 2% من الجامعات حول العالم (تصنيفات THE للجامعات العالمية، 2023).