Overview

Further your research skills and contribute to advancements in computer science.

As a computer science masters by research candidate, you have the flexibility to pursue an individual topic, or contribute to one of our existing research areas.

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:

• data engineering and analytics
• distributed systems and networking
• heuristic optimisation
• information retrieval and web search
• software engineering

RMIT's success is demonstrated in international university rankings, with computer science at RMIT being placed in the top 200 universities in the Shanghai Jiao Tong rankings and joint sixth in Australia for computer science and information systems in the 2015 QS World University rankings. The Australian Research Council identified our research in Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing and Information Systems as above world standard in the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) reports.

Research collaborations

There are many research collaborations with national and international institutes, centres, groups and partners, including strategic partnerships with:

• NICTA RMIT Data Analytics Lab
• Australian-India Research Centre for Automation Software Engineering (AICAUSE)

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.

Research scholarships

Computer science master by research 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

Career

A masters degree will provide you with a foundation for further studies into a PhD and employment in senior leadership and management research-based positions in a variety of government, non-government and corporate organisations.