Overview

Your future career starts at Melbourne

A PhD equips you with specialist expertise and high-level research and analytical skills. You will graduate an authority in your field and part of the education scholarly community.

Key career outcomes

1. Pathways to academia and research leadership. A PhD is the first step towards an exciting and rewarding career in academia or research.
2. Agency and government careers. Research skills are in demand across sectors like government, NGOs, international agencies, and other academic institutions.
3. Global recognition. A Melbourne PhD positions you as a world-class researcher, ready to tackle the most pressing legal challenges.

Where can a PhD in Education take you?

A PhD makes a distinct contribution to knowledge and demonstrates a complete research 'apprenticeship', admitting you to the community of education scholars.

Employers of PhD graduates include:

• local and international universities
• government departments
• regulatory and assessment bodies.

Set yourself apart with a PhD

Upon completion of your PhD, you will be able to:

• demonstrate command of a substantial and complex body of knowledge at the forefront of a discipline,
• independently and systematically engage in critical reflection, synthesis and evaluation,
• independently and systematically develop, adapt and implement research methodologies to extend and redefine existing knowledge,
• independently and systematically generate original knowledge and understanding such that they can make a substantial contribution to a discipline,
• disseminate research findings effectively in the professional arena and in an international context,
• demonstrate autonomy, authoritative judgement and responsibility as an expert and scholar, and
• demonstrate an understanding of, and commitment to, research ethics and integrity.

Alumni profile

“Closely examining [my thesis topic] has really illuminated, for me, how education is complex, located across multiple disparate and often competing paradigms, underpinned by a range of differing values.”

— Leanne Higham, Doctor of Philosophy – Education