Doctor of Philosophy Integrated (Law)

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

Undertaken in the first year of your degree, the coursework component comprises research training skills and individual coursework subjects. Research skills typically include research methodology, literature review and critical analysis, as well as advanced topics or a minor research project. The individual subjects are normally chosen from options within the Masters by coursework degrees from the Law discipline, allowing you to obtain deeper content knowledge in your area of specialisation. International students intending to become university researchers and teachers in their home country will benefit from exposure to Australian teaching methods through these subjects.

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 your field of knowledge, must be no longer than 100,000 words in length.

In order to progress to the research component, you must complete the first year with an average of 65%, including 65% in each research training skills subject. You will develop your specific research topic before progressing to the research component.