Cotutelle PhD Program at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COTUTELLE (DOUBLE PHD DEGREES) PROGRAM AND JOITN PHD PROGRAM
The same PhD thesis needs to be submitted for examination at both the overseas (home) university and Macquarie University, respectively. If passed both examination processes, the students will be awarded two PhD degrees at both universities. Please check at http://www.mq.edu.au/researdch/phd-an-research-degrees/explore-research-degrees/cotutelle-and-joint-phd.
RESEARCH AREAS:
ELIBIBILITY:
An applicant needs to be a PhD student enrolled at an overseas university (the home university, out of Australia).
SCHOLARSHIPS:
- Successful applicants will receive the tax-free scholarship of $28,579 per annum (2021 rate) with free tuition fees for up to 1-2 years.
- A PhD student could receive the funds of up to AU$7.5k for attending international conferences (~$5000 from university and ~$2500 from department) during the program.
REQUIREMENTS:
- A good background in any of computer science (CS), information technology (IT), information system (IS), mathematics or electronic engineering (EE) is necessary. Background in other desciplines would be welcome too if relevant to the research project.
- A PhD scholarship applicant should have a 2 years (or more) Master research degree with 50% (or more) research compoment before study commencement at MQ.
- Research paper(s) published or accepted for publication would be valuable for scholarship application.
- Activities, such as receiving prize(s)/award(s)/medal(s)/scholarship(s) is value-added to scholarship application.
-For admission to the PhD program, an international applicant needs an overall score of 6.5 in IELTS, or overall 83 in TOEFL iBT, or overall 58 in PTE. This requirement is waived if you have obtained a Bachelor or Master degree from an English-speaking country, e.g., Canada, USA, UK, New Zealand, Australia etc.
HOW TO APPLY?
You may find useful information for application at https://www.mq.edu.au/research/phd-and-research-degrees/how-to-apply.
DEADLINE:
Candidates with interest please send your CV and transcripts to Prof. Yan Wang (yan.wang@mq.edu.au) as soon as possible.
Professor Yan Wang
Department of Computing
Macquarie University
Sydney, NSW 2109
Australia
Tel: +61-2-9850-9539
Fax: +61-2-9850-9551
Home Page: http://www.comp.mq.edu.au/~yanwang