The University of Newcastle is a research-intensive university with a vibrant and progressive research culture. As a University of Newcastle graduate researcher you will be part of a dynamic community committed to making significant contributions to knowledge that impact our world.

You will demonstrate the capacity to conduct research independently with a high level of originality and quality. You should uncover new knowledge, either by the discovery of new facts, the formulation of theories or the innovative re-interpretation of known data and established ideas.

Our students develop in-demand skills that are transferrable across industries, while also having access to the latest technologies.

We've launched a new Bachelor of Arts degree, which addresses the essential need for industry and community engagement and employability outcomes for our students. You can now study the BA Online, created with FutureLearn.

We have renewed our Bachelor of Social Science degree. Diverse placement opportunities and embedded authentic experiences will prepare students to be work-ready when they graduate.

If you are looking for a career in the world of music, film, television, design, games, and performing arts or want to write, design and produce audio, visual and strategic content for brands, clients and audiences, check out our degree programs. These degrees have a focus on hands-on learning and let you collaborate with industry partners and the creative community. Our staff are world-class specialists actively practising their craft, and our state-of-the-art facilities provide the ideal platform for you to excel and establish the career you want when you graduate. You can see the kind of creative work that students create at events such as Festival X and the Newcastle Animation Festival.

Our School is also home to the University's modern languages – Chinese, French, German and Japanese – and the international exchanges that go with them. While our international focus is supported through our language programs, all students have access to a wide range of exchange schemes and international fieldwork placements during their studies.

The School contributes substantially to prescribed courses for a range of degree programs in the wider University through specific courses or minors, such as:

• Development Studies
• Education
• Engineering
• Health Sciences and Nursing

With a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) or Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) you’ll have the opportunity to pursue your passion under the guidance of world-recognised leaders in the field.

• Transmission: our transdisciplinary HDR/Doctoral training programme
• Transmission is a cutting-edge research network of PhD and Masters students who are exploring the future of the creative industries that sit at the intersection of Arts, Music, Media, Communication, Design, Science, Technology and Engineering.
• Designed as a trans-disciplinary doctoral training network, ‘Transmission’ seeks to engage PhD and master’s students wanting to undertake research training as part of FASTlab, where real-world challenges faced by private, public and third sector partners will provide the research training context.
• Transmission also presents an opportunity for industry to design research projects that can be worked on by PhD and Master’s students, who are supervised from within the School of Creative Industries in tandem with industry professionals.
• Doctoral and Masters students work collaboratively with staff and colleagues doing practice based and traditional research together in their respective groups. All our research groups meet each other monthly at dedicated FASTLab workshops to share their work and hear from visiting researchers, practitioners and industry professionals.

An applicant for admission to candidature for a Doctoral Degree (Research) shall: i) have satisfied all of the requirements for admission to the degree of Bachelor with Honours Class 1 or Ho

TOEFL paper-based test score of 550; TOEFL internet based score of 79; IELTS (Academic) score of 6.5; PTE GSE score of 58; Cambridge English: Advanced score of 58.