Overview

You will join an active research community and work with academics, peers and partner organisations who have demonstrated research success in a range of specialities, including:

Mathematics

• algebraic coding theory
• complex networks and epidemiology
• computational fluid dynamics
• environmental and resource modelling
• general mathematical modelling
• information security
• integer programming and discrete mathematics
• mathematical biology
• networks, complexity and graph theory
• numerical analysis
• optimisation theory - algorithms and applications.

Statistics and operations research

• analysis: survival data, reliability, exploratory data, time series, sequential, decision
• data mining
• game theory and applications
• nonparametric statistical techniques
• optimisation and applications
• statistical quality control
• sport, bio, financial, multivariate statistics
• supply chain, and stochastic modelling
• queueing theory and applications.

RMIT's researchers deliver high-impact and influential outcomes. Success is demonstrated through excellent performance in university rankings, such as being ranked as well above world standard in the Australian Research Council Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) 2015 round.

Research collaborations

RMIT has a joint relationship with the University of Twente in the Netherlands. Candidates who complete their program under this arrangement spend time studying in both Melbourne and the Netherlands and graduate with a double-badged qualification.

RMIT hosts a node of the ATN Industry Doctoral Training Centre (Mathematics and Statistics), the first doctoral training centre in Australia.

Additionally, there are collaborations with other national and international institutes, centres, groups and partners, including:

• RMIT's Information Security and Network Science group
• Computer Assisted Research on Mathematics and Applications (CARMA)
• Centre for Informatics and Applied Optimization (CIAO) at Federation University.

Research support

Throughout your candidature, you will be supported through:

• expert supervision
• participation in high-quality professional development programs delivered by RMIT's School of Graduate Research
• access to RMIT's extensive facilities, laboratories and equipment and those of our partners.

Scholarships

Candidates may be eligible for a range of scholarships including:

• Australian Postgraduate Awards - funded by the Australian Government
• PhD and Research Masters Scholarships - funded by RMIT University
• PhD scholarships in computer science and IT - funded by the School of Science
• other postgraduate research scholarships.