Graduate Centre

Fees for Australian Research students

Research Degrees:

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Master of Philosophy (MPhil)
Doctor of Education (EdD)
Research Masters (with Training)
Master of Education (Research)

The Research Training Scheme (RTS) provides block grants to eligible higher education institutions to support research training for students undertaking Doctorates and Masters by research.
The RTS provides these students, with an entitlement to a HECS exemption for the duration of an accredited research course, up to a maximum period of four year’s full-time equivalent study for a Doctorate by research and up to two year’s full-time equivalent study for a Masters by research.

Students who exhaust their funding entitlement and continue their enrolment are reported as non-Commonwealth funded load and will be deemed to be fee paying students. The fee level to be imposed will be at the discretion of the institution. Institutions may also provide research training on a fee-paying basis to students not granted an RTS place. The fee level to be imposed will also be at the discretion of the institution. At this stage Murdoch University has agreed that no fees will be charged to any Australian student admitted for a research higher degree.

Further information on the RTS is provided at:
DEST - Research Training Scheme

Professional Doctorates:

Tuition Fees are payable for the following professional doctorates:

Doctor of Psychology
Doctor of Information Technology
Doctor of Human Resource Management

Further details are available at: Fees