Doctor of Philosophy

Completion of an Australian Bachelor Honours Degree AQF8 or equivalent in a similar discipline to the proposed research with average grades of at least H2ADistinction 70 or above on the Victoria University grading scale for the final year OR Completion of an Australian Masters degree AQF9 or equivalent in a similar discipline and undertaken by a combination of coursework and a thesis with average grades of at least H2ADistinction 70 or above on the Victoria University grading scale The output produced from the thesis must have been undertaken solely by the applicant and examined externally to the supervisoryadvisory team but this need not be external to the University where they completed the degree OR Completion of an Australian Masters research degree AQF9 or equivalent in a similar discipline with average grades of at least H2ADistinction 70 or above on the Victoria University grading scale OR Completion of an equivalent combination of academic and research achievements such as relevant industry experience research experience evidenced by peer review publications or the completion of a highlevel research project in a similar discipline to the proposed research deemed to be equivalent to any of the above entry requirements