Deakin University

Course Level

Doctor Degree (By Coursework)

CRICOS

067835C

Related Careers

Doctor of Philosophy (Health)

Undertake research in a health and health services related topic under the supervision of an academic staff member in the School of Medicine. Research may be supported across broad range of disciplines including rural and regional general practice; chronic disease management, health service evaluation, health and wellbeing, public health, medical education, and optometry. Deakin currently has around 1600 higher degree by research candidates intelligent people making the most of our excellent facilities, partnerships, strategic research centres and excellent reputation.

Campus	Duration	Fees	ATAR
Geelong Waurn Ponds	Full-time - 3 years	N/A	N/A
Melbourne Burwood	Full-time - 3 years	N/A	N/A
Warrnambool	Full-time - 3 years	N/A	N/A
Cloud(online)	Online/Off-campus - 3 years	N/A	N/A

Structure

To complete the Doctor of Philosophy, you must pass 24 credit points.

Entry requirements

To be considered for selection into a Higher Degrees by Research (HDR) degree, you are required to have completed either:
a research project in a related area including a thesis which is equivalent to at least 25% of a years full time study at Level 8 or 9 of the Australian Qualifications Framework with achievement of a grade for the project equivalent to a Deakin grade of 70% or equivalent
a higher degree by research (HDR) in a related area