Doctor of Philosophy Integrated (Business)

The Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated) is a four-year research degree which incorporates a traditional three-year PhD thesis with one year of coursework subjects, combining generic research training and discipline-specific content into a single degree. 

The coursework, which is undertaken in the first year of the degree, comprises research training skills and individual coursework subjects. The individual subjects are chosen from Masters degrees within the faculty, allowing students to obtain deeper content knowledge in a specific discipline area. 
The research component is the same as for the three-year PhD program and leads to the production of a written thesis. The thesis, which involves a significant contribution to a field of knowledge, must be no longer than 100,000 words in length. Each PhD candidate has two supervisors.

In order to progress to the research component, PhD Integrated students must complete the first year with an average of 65%, including 65% in each research training skills subject. Prior to commencing the research component, students will have identified and developed their specific research topic. International students intending to become university researchers and teachers in their home country will benefit from exposure to Australian teaching methods through these subjects.