Postgraduate research

The Faculty offers both PhD and Master's programs by research and thesis. There are also several Master's programs by coursework, Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate courses. Brief outlines of the programs are provided in this handbook.

Inquiries regarding postgraduate coursework programs should be directed to the Faculty of Science office.

Prospective research students should discuss possible topics of research with either a potential supervisor or the Head of the appropriate department in the first instance. For further formal information on research programs, students should consult the University Graduate School information booklet and individual brochures.

Postgraduate research

Contacts and inquiries
Research profile

The Faculty of Science has a well-developed research culture, and is proud of its history in teaching and researching innovative science. The research courses focus on applied and practical research to bring about benefits to industry and the community. The Faculty has strong links with industry, which support our research objectives. The courses are highly respected for their relevance, skills and research training, and for their professional focus.

Competitive research funding is obtained across a wide range of areas of expertise. The Faculty wins a substantial part of the competitive grants awarded to the University. Much of the Faculty's research focuses on the activities of its research centres and units, including the Research Institutes and Key University Research Centres listed below. This concentration of research has enabled the Faculty to improve significantly the quality of its major equipment in recent years, to the obvious benefit of its students.

The research programs may be carried out on either a full-time or a part-time basis and it is possible for part-time students to undertake a portion of their research at a site external to UTS, provided appropriate supervisory arrangements can be made. Details of current research in progress can be obtained from the Office of the Associate Dean (Research and Development).

Contacts and inquiries

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Research profile

The Faculty's Research Institutes are:

• Institute for Biotechnology of Infectious Diseases
• Institute for Nanoscale Technology
• Institute for Water and Environmental Resource Management.

The Faculty's Key University Research Centres are:

• Key University Research Centre in Health Technologies
• Key University Research Centre in Quantitative Finance.

Recognised University Research Groups within the Faculty are:

• Centre for Forensic Science
• Centre for Photonic Crystal Technologies.

Other Faculty research strengths are in the areas of:

• Applied Chemistry
• Applied Physics, including image processing and analysis
• Computational Number Theory
• Ecotoxicology
• Experimental Design and Data Analysis
• Genetics
• Horticulture
• Immunology
• Marine Biology and Ecology
• Mathematics and Statistics
• Medical and Biomedical science
• Microbiology
• Neurotoxins
• Numerical Integration
• Psycho-oncology
• Scheduling Theory
• Traditional Chinese Medicine.

For further information regarding Research Units and Centres in the Faculty, see Information for Science students.