HelenTD

You have several options, eg proteomics at:
University of Melbourne
Monash
RMIT

As the others have said, you need to do a lot of homework, even before you try contacting anybody (look at research section for that dept, current students, past students, publication lists). Have a look at the relevant pages for prospective PhD students - some require you to submit the research proposal with your application. There are also different timescales in terms of the academic year starting in Feb and ending in Nov, but PhD applications can take a long time to process. It can be a nightmare if you don't choose the right supervisor.

There may be job opportunities for you as well, eg RMIT have a 4 year PhD option if you teach at the uni at the same time. There's a job being just advertised on Seek: http://www.seek.com.au/Job/proteomic...burbs/19287381.

Keith Moon

We are all different mate, very different, and believe me, i am different; to unblock a drain can give a better sense of achievement than to solve an equation or understand a new theory/software package. Sometimes we choose career/academic paths which are not suited to one's personalities/needs; i did, i chose wrong. But to admit one is wrong, takes a wise individual; i am happy with my decision, so that makes me a very wise man in my eyes...........


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sonlymewalter

fair enough. Did you get your PhD mate?

Keith Moon

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sonlymewalter

so thats a no then

balkanghost

In addition to a good supervisor, I would have thought one's choice of research (field), original research and results are more important to any potential journal, audience or users than which university? Further, some universities, unknown to many, have international excellence in particular areas of research..... but end of the day it up to researcher.

Deutschmaster

Most PhDs are funded in some shape or form. Find the staff pages on the University website, find the academics who have similar interests to yours then get in contact. Ask if they have research grants to fund the PhD.

You might stand a better chance if you are here so you can go to interviews and chats. Academics here already receive a large number of emails from overseas students asking after places, and are visited by local students wanting to do a PhD, so you have to have something good to convince the academic to take a chance on you. Meeting them in person for a discussion over a cup of coffee definitely helps.

Keith Moon

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MickeyTong

Quite.

You'd be hard put to find a better supervisor than David Chalmers. If he represents the quality of Aussie academics, then why bother with the Ulan Bator Technical College?

http://consc.net/chalmers/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Chalmers

Weebie

Australian Universities are not really as researched based as just say US and the UK.

crap coffee

ANU is not too bad for that - The John Curtin School of medical reseach - neuroscience is .

if you want research based degree then go to the UK. - thats the answer. Its so different here.

am thinking of doing a PhD after 40. Not now. (hopefully UK if I can manage it financially)