International PG Students
I constantly get emails from students wanting to be my PhD student,
or a PhD student in one of the research groups I am associated
with. It has got to the point that I no longer have time to give an
individual response to each expression of interest.
See the graduate research
school's web site for information on pursuing a research degree at
UNSW. I suggest you look through it as it has more up-to-date
information than I can possibly provide here.
At minimum, here are some important points:
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Unfortunately, international students in Australia are charged
substantial tuition fees even for research degrees, whereas local
students are not charged tuition fees.. See here
for details.
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This means that in practice, international student fees are
covered by a government, university, or industry scholarships. For details of
scholarships available,
see here
at UNSW
and here at
NICTA.
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The award of scholarships is generally managed centrally via
a competitive process. I cannot simply give you one, nor
substantially influence the awarding of them, even if I am
desperate to have you as my student. In order to be competitive
for a scholarship, international postgraduate research students
require an excellent academic record and evidence of strong
research potential.
So if you have made it thus far, and believe you are still in the
running, you need to convince me (or another member of one of the
research groups I'm associated with) that you are truly interested in
our area of research, have sufficient background, are capable and
committed, and have enough of an outstanding academic record to have a
chance of getting a scholarship. (You still need to convince me if you
are a local student as well)
Note that I'm not trying to discourage you, I'm just pointing out
the reality of becoming my research student.
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