Entry Requirements
Entry to postgraduate degrees usually requires successful prior completion of a tertiary-level qualification, typically a Bachelor degree or equivalent. However, LFR also recognises the value of professional work experience and the circumstances of candidates who, for a variety of reasons, have not been able to enter or complete study at undergraduate degree level, but can offer evidence of TAFE qualifications and relevant professional experience.
Applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis. In the event that an applicant cannot be offered candidature in a preferred higher degree, an alternative academic pathway may be available and offered. For example, an experienced but unqualified candidate applying for the Master of Agribusiness may be offered the opportunity to enrol in the Graduate Certificate leading to the Master of Agribusiness.
Candidates completing a Graduate/Postgraduate Certificate at a satisfactory level may be eligible to enrol in a Graduate/Postgraduate Diploma or, in some cases, in a coursework Masters. Similarly, candidates completing a Graduate/Postgraduate Diploma at a satisfactory level may be eligible to enrol in a Masters degree. In all cases the candidate must:
- have passed all enrolled subjects, and
- achieve a satisfactory grade, expressed as the weighted average of all Graduate/Postgraduate Certificate or Graduate/Postgraduate Diploma subjects:
70% + automatic eligibility to transfer
65–69% eligibility determined on a case-by-case basis
< 65% not eligible to transfer
Graduate Certificates and Diplomas:
Normally require a Bachelor at Pass level or better. Accredited professional work experience may substitute for the requirement for a degree for Graduate Certificate entry.
Postgraduate Certificates and Diplomas
Normally require a Bachelor at Pass level or better, in a cognate discipline to that of the postgraduate course.
Masters
- Normally require a Bachelor degree with Honours usually in a cognate discipline OR
- a Graduate or Postgraduate Diploma in an appropriate discipline, at H2B level (70%) or greater.
Doctor of Philosophy
The research-based Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is a University-wide course, which is managed and administered by the Melbourne School of Graduate Research, on behalf of all faculties of the University of Melbourne.
Entry requirements are published annually in the PhD Handbook.