Melbourne Law School aims to admit outstanding graduates from a wide variety of countries and to provide them with a world-class experience in undertaking a graduate research degree.

 

We are committed to providing outstanding research training for our PhD and MPhil students. We provide a three-year Research Support Program, which assists students to develop the high-level skills needed to complete an outstanding thesis. We also run a Milestone Presentation Day and two colloquia a year, providing students with a chance to present their research to a group of academics and fellow students and to receive detailed questioning on their work. We provide up to $7500 in research funds over the life of a PhD (and up to $4000 for an MPhil) to enable students to present their work at conferences in Australia and internationally, translate critical texts, receive language training, and conduct empirical work.

 

All full-time students are entitled to a desk and computer facilities in our impressive, modern building, usually in close proximity to their supervisors. These different forms of research support, combined with some of the most outstanding supervisors in Australia, assist Melbourne Law School in achieving one of the highest completion rates for law PhDs in Australia.

 

We aim to create a global experience for our graduate research students. The University of Melbourne and Melbourne Law School also have a series of other formal links with other universities (eg Universitas 21) and we actively support our students in finding opportunities to present their work internationally.