Overview
Join an active research community and work with academics, peers and partner organisations who have demonstrated research success in a range of Mathematical Sciences specialities.
Research collaborations
RMIT University 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, graduating with a double-badged qualification.
Career
You will be able to pursue an academic career in a university or be employed in senior leadership and management positions in government, scientific and industrial research laboratories.
This qualification signifies an ability to undertake independent and informed decision-making at a highly technical level.
Programme Structure
Research areas include:
Mathematics:
- algebraic coding theory
- complex networks and epidemiology
- general mathematical modelling
- information security
- integer programming and discrete mathematics
- mathematical biology
- networks, complexity and graph theory
- numerical optimisation
- optimisation theory – algorithms and applications
Statistics and operations research:
- analysis: high dimensional data, functional data, survival data, reliability, exploratory data, time series, sequential, decision
- data mining
- experimental design
- nonparametric statistical techniques
- statistical quality control
- sport, bio, financial, multivariate statistics
- stochastic modelling
- stochastic processes, queueing theory and applications
- mathematical statistics and applied probability
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
- Part-time
- 72 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Continuous admissions
- We recommend that applicants set the commencement date on their application no earlier than two months from the submission of their EOI
Language
Delivered
Disciplines
Mathematics View 10 other PhDs in Mathematics in AustraliaAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
Student insurance
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- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
- Liability
- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
CRICOS: 079726J
The minimum requirements for admission to a PhD program are:
- a bachelor degree requiring at least four years of full-time study in a relevant discipline awarded with honours. The degree should include a research component comprised of a thesis, other research projects or research methodology courses that constitute at least 25% of a full-time academic year (or part-time equivalent). The applicant must have achieved at least a distinction average in the final year; or
- a master degree that includes a research component comprised of at least 25% of a full-time academic year with an overall distinction average or a master degree without a research component with at least a high distinction average; or
- evidence of appropriate academic qualifications and/or experience
You must attach a substantive research proposal that is 2 to 5 pages in length which articulates the intent, significance and originality of the proposed topic.
Tuition Fee
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International
36480 AUD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 36480 AUD per year during 36 months. -
National
FreeTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 0 AUD per year during 36 months.
- Australian/New Zealand students: Research Training Scheme (RTS) place and full exemption from tuition fees
Living costs for Melbourne
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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Scholarships Information
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