Students - Postgraduate Studies
Contents
- Current research in the Department
- Affiliated External Institutions
- How to apply for a postgraduate degree
- Scholarships Information
- Postgraduate Student Facilities
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Current research in the Department
- Autoimmunity
- Brain function and disorder
- Breast cancer
- Cancer biology
- Liver and gastrointestinal disease
- Neurodegenerative and demyelinating diseases
- Alzheimer disease
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob's disease
- Parkinson's disease
- Multiple Sclerosis-like diseases
- Neuromuscular disease
Please visit our research page for current research in the Department, or our affiliated institutions links for their current research.
top of pageAffiliated External Institutions
The Department conducts research on campus and at a number of affiliated sites. Specific projects may be focussed at one particular site, or students may work in a number of labs under combined supervision.
For more details on our affiliated institutes, please follow the links below:
- Burnet Institute, incorporating the Austin Research Institute
- Howard Florey Institute
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
- Mental Health Research Institute
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute
How to apply for a postgraduate degree
Approach the lab head of a group with research interests related to your own, or submit a research proposal and your CV to pathology-enquiries@unimelb.edu.au.
Negotiate with supervisors and decide on a project, then apply formally.
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The university is moving to a paper-based graduate research degree application process in July 2011. Applicants who are unable to submit a complete application with all supporting documents using eApplication before 30 June should wait and submit their applications after the new process opens in July. More information on the new process will be available soon at http://www.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/admissions/applications/research
For more information, please visit the School of Graduate Research website.
Scholarship Information
The Melbourne Scholarships Office co-ordinate undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships available at the University of Melbourne.
- International scholarship applications for students not yet enrolled must be received by the Melbourne Scholarships Office by 31st August for the following year.
- Local students must apply through SCHOLS by 31st October for the following year.
- International students already enrolled in their course must apply through SCHOLS by 31st October for the following year.
Facilities for postgraduate students:
Students have access to a variety of facilities and services, both in the Department and across the University, including:
- Student induction kit and Departmental Guides
- Access to local, STD and ISD telephones (where required)
- Access to the comprehensive University libraries, and to interlibrary loans
- Computer facilities and desks for each student, including internet and email access
- IT support
- Locker space
- Photocopying
- Use of pigeon holes, internal and external mail
- Use of stationery and consumable items
- 24 hour building access
Postgraduate students are encouraged to attend skills development programs run through the School of Graduate Research.