PhD

87 year old former student collects a long overdue award - from 1948

11 May 2012, 4.25 PM

An 87 year-old former University of Melbourne education student has collected an award for academic excellence – 64 years after graduating.

New scholarships on offer for high achieving Indian PhD researchers

19 Jul 2011, 11.57 AM

The Australia India Institute and the Victorian State Government will today launch a Doctoral Scholarship Program to allow ten of India’s best and brightest PhD students to study in Victoria.

Chinese PhD students to access new scholarship opportunities at University

30 May 2011, 12.35 PM

High achieving Chinese students will have greater support to complete their PhD studies at the University of Melbourne, thanks to a scholarship agreement between the University and the China Scholarship Council.

88 year old graduates with PhD this Wednesday

22 Dec 2010, 4.43 PM

An 88 year old former Presbyterian minister has today graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy degree in history from the University of Melbourne.

New economics doctoral program first of its kind in Australia

2 Sep 2010, 9.56 AM

The University of Melbourne’s new four-year Economics Doctoral program will help lift the standard of doctoral education nationally say several leading economic experts.