Postgraduate Research Degrees
Human Geography at Macquarie offers research supervision and excellent research facilities across all Department Research Areas. Higher degrees based on research include PhD, MA (Hons) and MSc (Hons). Many postgraduate research students are holding Australian Postgraduate Awards.
Information about current postgraduate research is available on the Postgraduate Theses List. The department welcomes inquiries from graduates with Honours degrees, or equivalent, from any Australian university or recognised overseas institution. A .pdf file containing a Postgraduate Research Brochure is available for downloading.
Research facilities include
- networked PCs, a postgraduate computing laboratory with, through your supervisor, assistance from the Department's computing support officer
- Geographics office with a graphics designer, scanners, graphics software and slide-making facilities
- Census research laboratory which provides access to census data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics including CDATA 96, SIEFA socio-economic data sets and ABS unit record files
- fully-equipped GIS laboratory with ArcInfo, ArcView, Imagine, a stereodigitiser and plotting facilities
- University Library map collection
- More details about resources available can be found in the Postgraduate Handbook
Students can apply to the department for assistance towards their research,for example, fieldwork expenses, and presenting research papers at conferences. In addition, postgraduate research students can apply to the University's Research Office for an award of up to $4,000 once during their candidature from the Postgraduate Research Fund.
Further information about Postgraduate Studies can be obtained from the University's Postgraduate Office and the International Office and from the Postgraduate Handbook.
When you commence your research degree please download the two documents "Commencement" and "Guide for Postgraduates" for detailed information and some forms you need to complete for the Department.
Inquiries about postgraduate research studies:
Dr Robyn Dowling (Postgraduate Coordinator)
Phone: (02) 9850 7477 Fax: (02) 9850 6052
Email: rdowling@els.mq.edu.auThe Executive Officer
Phone: (02) 9850 8382
Fax: (02) 9850 6052
Email: humgeog@els.mq.edu.au
