
Responsibilities & Entitlements
Understand your responsibilities, entitlements and expectations to ensure your success as a graduate researcher at the University.
Keen to finish your degree on time?
You and your supervisors will meet formally to review your progress at key milestones throughout your degree. This will keep you on track with both your research objectives and your expected submission date.
Your supervisors will advise you of what is required for each milestone in your discipline to:
For more information concerning progress reviews, candidature milestones and expected submission dates, see Being a candidate.
Your schedule of milestones is outlined below.
PhD/doctoral student | MRes/MPhil student | |
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Pre-confirmation | 6 months | 3 months |
Confirmation | 1 year (1 year, 6 months if ≥75 credit points of mandatory coursework) | 6 months |
Progress review | 2 years | 1 year |
Progress review | 3 years | 1 year, 6 months |
PhD/doctoral student | MRes/MPhil student | |
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Part-time | Part-time | |
Pre-confirmation | 1 year | 6 months |
Confirmation | 2 years | 1 year |
Progress review | 3 years | 2 years |
Progress review | 4 years | |
Progress review | 5 years | 3 years |
Progress review | 6 years |
Please note:
Understand your responsibilities, entitlements and expectations to ensure your success as a graduate researcher at the University.
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