DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
KPT / JPT( N / 0700 / 8 / 0001) 08 / 31- MQA / PSA 17709
The opportunity to take up independent research through the Monash Doctoral Program is one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences we can offer you.
The program consists of an extensive, independent research project in your discipline of choice, supported by a minimum of two academic supervisors throughout your candidature. Your study will result in a research thesis which makes a valuable contribution to the current body of knowledge on your chosen topic.
Areas of research
• Advanced materials
• Artificial intelligence
• Bioprocess engineering
• Biomechanics
• Bioinspired systems
• Critical infrastructure
• Energy
• Engineering in medical and healthcare
• Environmental engineering
• Food and pharmaceutical processing
• Future wireless access technologies
• Intelligent lighting
• Management of natural resources and phenomena
• Nanotechnology
• Nanoelectronics
• Optical communications and photonics
• Process modeling, simulation and optimisation
• Smart manufacturing and industry 4.0
• Sustainable drainage and flood management
• Sustainable transportation engineering
• Thermal management
• Waste management.
Course structure
The course consists of:
• a research and thesis component
• a coursework study.
3 – 4 years( full-time) 6 – 8 years( part-time)*
Your PhD research project is to be conceived from the outset as clearly achievable within three years equivalent full-time, and you’ re expected to complete your degree within three to four years equivalent full-time.
Throughout the year
( subject to availability of supervision)
Research
RM47,040 Malaysian student
RM53,280 International student 2025 fees per year
CAREER PATHS You’ ll have a highly respected qualification that positions you well for employment in multinational corporations, government and non-governmental organisations, and universities. You can work in fields like:
• biotechnology
• building and construction
• computer programming
• food processing
• industrial electronics
• manufacturing
• mining
• nanotechnology
• power generation
• research and education
• robotics
• sustainable technologies
• telecommunications
• transport.
* Part-time study is not available for international students.
Dr Saman Ilankoon was one of my most positive, learned and motivating lecturers during my undergraduate studies. The availability of a suitable waste management topic that I was interested in, under his supervision, was something I could not miss. Receiving the Global Excellence and Mobility Scholarship( GEMS) that allowed me to attach to Monash Australia for a year also provided me with the best of both campuses regarding supervision, facilities, and personal and professional development.
I was really happy with my undergraduate experience at Monash. The conducive environment and supportive work culture motivated me to push myself further. Choosing Monash again for my postgraduate studies was easy.”
SHAFEEQ AHMED SYED ALI
Bachelor of Chemical Engineering( Honours) Doctor of Philosophy
Shafeeq aspires to establish a sustainable and techno-economically feasible chemical recycling pathway for plastic waste management. He is developing a novel bio-based surfactant from waste cooking oil, which can be used to remove ink from plastic packaging materials. This means that packaging plastic can be recycled to a higher quality, facilitating reuse and advancing the circular plastic economy. As the surfactant is formulated from waste oil, he is using one waste material to pre-treat and valorise another waste material, conserving materials and limiting the use of toxic chemicals.
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