Graduate Certificate in Research

The Graduate Certificate in Research provides the opportunity for you to begin your path to commencing a Master’s Degree by Research or Doctoral Degree.
This specialist program is designed for students who hold existing qualifications, across a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds. You will develop skills and experience, incorporating a project that allows you to pursue an area of interest in depth, whilst practising investigative skills that are crucial in research.
Elective courses in the Graduate Certificate in Research will strengthen your skills in finding the latest published works within your interest area, assimilating and analysing this information, and developing quantitative and qualitative methodologies appropriate to your research project and discipline area.
As a successful graduate of this program, you will be able to demonstrate a range of skills, including critical analysis and evaluation, application of relevant research methodologies, creating practical works of art, writing, design or performance, and how to communicate proficiently as a research professional to a variety of audiences..

English language requirements

Overall IELTS band score of 6.5, with no band less 6.00

By developing skills and experience in research, graduates of this program (subject to satisfactory performance) become eligible for entry into Higher Degree by Research programs – specifically, Master’s Degree by Research or Doctoral Degree programs.

Research fellow

Researcher

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