PhD Studies
The Melbourne School of Land and Environment supervises Doctoral research in the following areas:
- Agriculture and Resource Management
- Agribusiness
- Geography
- Food Science:
Food and Dairy Chemistry; Food Process Engineering; Food Production Development and Processing; Marketing, International Trade and Policy, and Food and Dairy Microbiology. - Forest and Ecosystem Science:
Agro-forestry, Biotechnology, Community Management, Conservation, Ecology, Ecophysiology, Economics, Greenhouse Balance, Harvesting, Human Values, Fire, Hydrology, Pest Management, Soils and Nutrients, Genetics, Remote Sensing, Restoration Ecology, Silviculture, Tree Physiology, Wildlife Interactions, and Wood and processing science. - Horticulture:
Urban Vegetation Establishment and Management; Plant Production Technology; Amelioration and Management of Problems of Growing Plants in Urban Soils; Revegetation and Habitat Reconstruction; Heritage Studies in Environmental Horticulture; Plant Selection and Breeding for Urban Landscapes; Sustainable Management Practices, and Effective Water Management Practices and Technologies
To help you search for areas of research which interest you, the University provides a comprehensive Research Report on the World Wide Web, at:
http://www.research.unimelb.edu.au/rpag/reports/research/
Please note that the PhD program is administered by the Melbourne School of Graduate Research on behalf of the University of Melbourne. Applications for the PhD degree should be directed to the Melbourne School of Graduate Research, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic 3052, Australia; telephone +61-3-9344 8789 or go to:
http://www.research.unimelb.edu.au/postgraduate/prospective_students.html