Master of Philosophy - Science (MR-PHILSCI)

The MPhil is an internationally recognised masters (by research) degree. It is designed for graduate researchers to develop advanced skills in carrying out independent and sustained research. The thesis should demonstrate a critical application of specialist knowledge and make an independent contribution to existing scholarship in the area of research.

The normal length of an MPhil thesis is 30,000-40,000 words, exclusive of words in tables, maps bibliographies and appendices. Footnotes are included as part of the word limit.

The Faculty of Science offers MPhil programs in the following schools:

• BioSciences
• Chemistry
• Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
• Ecosystem and Forest Science
• Mathematics and Statistics
• Physics
  

For information on the research groups within the Faculty of Science, please refer to: https://science.unimelb.edu.au/research/areas