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Definitions

• Department: the basic grouping of academics within the university, researching and teaching within (broadly) a single discipline.

• Faculty: a grouping of Departments.

  • We're in the Faculty of Science.
  • The Faculty has its own, higher-level information about research degrees.
  • It also has some information for prospective students.

• Macquarie University's Research Office: it is responsible for the administration of research at Macquarie, including an office for administering research students (the HDRO).

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

  • A research degree lasting 2-4 years full-time that results in a thesis at the end making "a distinct contribution to the knowledge of the subject and afford evidence of originality by the discovery of new facts or the exercise of independent critical power".
  • Details from the Higher Degree Research Office website

• Master of Philosophy (MPhil)

  • A research degree lasting 1-2 years full-time that results in a thesis at the end making "a contribution to the knowledge in the area with which it deals by presenting new interpretations of facts or by demonstrating an independent critical ability to evaluate existing material in a new light".
  • Details from the Higher Degree Research Office website

• HDR student: Higher Degree by Research student, which for our Department consists of PhD and MPhil students.