3194 Master of Philosophy

Students will have to meet the English Language Proficiency requirements for a Master of Philosophy degree at Monash University. 

Full documentary evidence in support of English Language Proficiency (ELP) must be submitted with applications for admission. Monash University reserves the right to seek further documentary evidence of ELP.

Transfer to PhD

You may apply to upgrade to a PhD after a defined period (usually 9-12 months candidature, full-time or equivalent), provided that satisfactory progress has been made and certain conditions are met. Those students who want to upgrade from MPhil to PhD must achieve a mark of 70 per cent or higher in the compulsory coursework.

Malaysia Business School students who want to transfer from the MPhil to PhD must undertake relevant coursework of particular discipline area as enabling coursework and achieve a mark of 70 per cent or higher. Only the following PhD programs are available at the Malaysia Business School: Accounting, Management, Marketing, and Specialist Streams in Economics.

Conditions of enrolment

You will be required to complete:

• Monash Graduate Research Induction (online)
• Research Integrity (online)
• Respectful Research at Monash (online)
• Cultural Foundations: Building your knowledge of Australia's First Peoples (online)
• Faculty induction, including occupational health and safety (where required)

In addition, students may be required to undertake occupational health and safety training.

As a student of the university, you will be required to abide by all relevant statutes, regulations, policies and procedures. This includes maintaining satisfactory progress via regular milestone reviews in accordance with the Graduate Research Progress Management policy and procedures, ensuring you are undertaking research of an appropriate quality and scale as required by your course. You should refer to the University's current statutes and the University Policy Bank for links to relevant policies, procedures and guidelines.

Enrolment in a master's by research degree involves the independent investigation of a research problem that has been formulated by you as the student. It is expected that the research you undertake will make a contribution to the discipline in which you are enrolled by applying, critiquing, analysing or interpreting that knowledge in ways that facilitate pathways for further learning. You will be supported in your research by a supervisory team.