Graduate Research Experience
UTS Excellence in Research Support

Enabling an excellent experience for higher degree research students

Future state
  • Higher degree research (HDR) students have a clear and valued role in the UTS research community
  • Holistic HDR lifecycle management with high levels of student satisfaction and completion rates
  • Graduate Research School (GRS) continually enhances HDR programs that promote excellence
  • University-wide understanding of the HDR application process particularly international applications
  • Supervisors, HDR students and professional staff are aware of their responsibilities around candidature management
Example activities
  • HDR online—capture candidature management, scholarships and thesis examination in a consolidated IT platform
  • Industry-related opportunities—expand opportunities by building on existing programs
  • Develop online and blended graduate research education modules for students and supervisors
Achievements to date
  • Policy changes to clarify and simplify supervisor roles and responsibilities
  • Introduced a new criteria-based, university-wide framework for International Research Scholarships
  • Established the Graduate Research RAO network to support practice sharing and ensure process issues are addressed

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Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.