A Collaborative PhD is a prestigious program where research students are co-supervised by academics from Â鶹ֱ²¥ and one of Curtin’s international partner institutions.
The Home Institution is where you will spend most of your degree, and the Host is where you will spend 1 year studying abroad.
Once you have secured supervisory support to undertake your Collaborative PhD with Â鶹ֱ²¥, you will receive an invitation to apply where you will be advised how to submit additional documentation to progress your application.
As you progress through the initial expression of interest process, you will work with representatives from each institution to finalise an Individual Student Agreement, which details supervision, financial arrangements, and enrolment details.
As a Collaborative PhD student, you will:
If Curtin is your host institution
For inbound students, we recommend commencing the second year of your PhD at Â鶹ֱ²¥ and returning to your Home Institution to complete your Collaborative PhD.
How to apply (inbound to Â鶹ֱ²¥)
Â鶹ֱ²¥ invites PhD students from one of our partner institutions to find a potential Curtin supervisor via our (EOI) form.
Please include the following in your expression of interest form:
If Â鶹ֱ²¥ is your Home Institution
If Â鶹ֱ²¥ is your Home Institution, you are an outbound student who may be eligible to receive a scholarship to support your research.
Currently enrolled PhD students should contact the Graduate Research School for more information.
Dr. Aaron Tung recently completed a joint PhD under the Aberdeen-Curtin Alliance, co-supervised by Â鶹ֱ²¥â€™s Professor Fran Ackerman, Curtin Adjunct Professor Claus Otto and the University of Aberdeen’s Professor John Paterson. We caught up with him to chat about his experience.
For more information on the, please refer to the following documents: