Graduate Programs
The University of Melbourne offers more than 340 graduate programs delivered by our Graduate Schools across a wide range of study areas.
The University of Melbourne's Graduate Schools provide graduate education of the highest quality through a stimulating, supportive and professional environment for graduate students.
Graduate students can undertake either a Coursework Program or a Graduate Research Degree, depending on their purpose for embarking on further study
A Coursework Program is a subject based degree that focuses on timetabled classroom and lecture-based learning. Coursework studies range from Graduate Certificate and Diploma courses through to Masters courses and normally involve a set stream of core subjects and electives. Some coursework programs allow you to complete a research project or minor thesis.
The University of Melbourne offers both professional entry and professional development Masters programs. Professional entry programs lead to specific career outcomes. Professional development programs on the other hand are targeted to professionals interested in advancing their career opportunities.
A Graduate Research Degree allows students to study a specific subject area in great depth. Graduate Research Degrees involve sustained independent enquiry, carried out under the direction of a supervising academic. Qualifications include a PhD, Professional Doctorates, Master of Philosophy and Masters by research.
Explore your study options by visiting the Graduate Schools listed below.
Arts
Melbourne Arts offers graduate courses in more than 50 areas of study across the humanities, social sciences and languages.
Graduate qualifications offered in Arts are numerous and diverse, and have been carefully designed to cater for many different
career specialisations and research interests.
Our professionally oriented coursework programs offer a unique combination of theoretical knowledge and industry experience and are taught by academic staff with substantial teaching and industry expertise. Melbourne Arts also has an international reputation for research excellence and holds strategic alliances with universities and eminent research bodies around the world. You will benefit by learning from leading researchers and practitioners and enjoy opportunities to participate in fieldwork, internships, conferences, seminars and the publishing of original works.
Melbourne Business School
Melbourne Business School (MBS) is one of the largest business schools in the Asia-Pacific region and a leader in
management education. We focus on preparing future leaders for taking their place on the world stage. MBS is jointly
established, owned and led by corporate Australia and the University of Melbourne. The Financial Times consistently
ranks MBS as a leading global business school for our MBA programs.
Melbourne School of Design
In 2008, the Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning launches the Melbourne School of Design, the first graduate school
in the Asia-Pacific region devoted to design professions responsible for habitable environments.
The Melbourne School of Design will be a dynamic, collaborative and interdisciplinary community of students, academics and professionals with a mission to develop leading practitioners and scholars. Engaging the most advanced studio and seminar-based teaching and research, Melbourne School of Design students will develop new ways perspectives, critical reflection and modes of action to address the environmental, social and aesthetic challenges in producing sustainable centres of habitation, locally and internationally.
Melbourne Graduate School of Education
The Melbourne Graduate School of Education will lead the way in providing high quality teaching programs, student-friendly
approaches to learning and relevant research.
With a proud history of nearly 140 years of teaching and learning at the Parkville campus, the Melbourne Graduate School of Education will continue to offer exceptional teacher preparation through the newly created Master of Teaching.
To complement the Master of Teaching, the Melbourne Graduate School of Education will offer established educators a variety of coursework and research programs.
Melbourne School of Engineering
The Melbourne School of Engineering boasts highly contemporary study programs in fields such as environmental engineering,
information technology, mechatronics, software engineering, spatial information, biomedical engineering and biomolecular
engineering. It also offers the opportunity to pursue research projects of international significance, clustered around four
interdisciplinary themes - information and communication systems, structured matter, sustainable systems and biomedical
engineering. From 2010, the School will deliver new professional Master's degrees, consistent with the approach of other
leading engineering institutions around the world.
At the Melbourne School of Engineering, graduate students join a stimulating, collegial community of internationally credentialed researchers and outstanding fellow students. The School equips them with the knowledge, skills and networks to become active, global citizens, and leaders in both their profession and their community.
Melbourne School of Land and Environment
The Melbourne School of Land and Environment offers contemporary programs that engage students in the major issues that confront our
community, including: climate change, water management, feeding a world with an ever increasing population and ecosystem
management. Our programs are a combination of applied science, business and social policy, and our graduates are well placed
to become global leaders
Melbourne Law School
Law teaching in Australia began in 1857 at Melbourne Law School. In 2008, Melbourne Law School celebrates another first: becoming the first all-graduate law faculty in Australia. All entry level students are now admitted to the global standard Juris Doctor (JD) degree. The JD leads to admission to the legal profession in all Australian jurisdictions and can also be used as a basis for seeking admission in many overseas jurisdictions.
This new program builds on a rich tradition of success, which has enabled Melbourne Law School graduates to become leaders in legal, political and public life across Australia and around the world. Coupled with the unrivalled excellence of the Melbourne Law Masters and the internationally-renowned Melbourne Doctorates programs, the School offers a truly unique learning experience.
Melbourne Graduate School of Management
The Melbourne Graduate School of Management (Melbourne GSM) offers a full suite of graduate business programs, with a
particular emphasis on providing career-entry programs for recent graduates and delivering specialist management education for
professionals. Our courses span the fields of accounting, actuarial studies, business and IT, economics, finance, human
resource management, international business and marketing. Through our strong PhD program, the Melbourne GSM is also
developing the next generation of researchers in business and economics.
The academic staff in the Melbourne GSM are among Australia's finest teachers and researchers, recognised with national teaching awards and a number one ranking among Australian Business and Economics schools. The facilities and services enjoyed by students are exceptional. Chief among these is a dedicated Graduate Careers Centre, which provides a wide range of career development programs, including professional mentoring programs, workshops, career placement strategies and on-campus employer days.
Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences
MDHS is the leading Australian Faculty in Biomedicine and offers a research and teaching environment to stimulate the most
creative and analytical minds. Our graduate programs are designed to be cutting edge to provide leaders in
Medicine,
Dentistry,
Behavioural Science,
Nursing,
Physiotherapy,
Population Health, Rural Health and
Social Work. Outstanding research training is offered at Honours level and
through Research Higher Degrees in our seven Schools and in partnership with affiliated Medical Research Institutes and
tertiary hospitals. This provides our students with unrivalled access to clinical training and research opportunities in
clinical and basic research.
Music
The Faculty of Music at the University of Melbourne is the oldest and one of the largest music schools in Australia. It is
also Australia's premier music research institution, with over 120 graduate students enrolled in an array of programs in
performance, composition, conducting, ethnomusicology, musicology, early music, music education and music therapy. We offer a
range of graduate courses including the Graduate and Postgraduate Diploma in Music, Masters programs by research and
coursework, Doctor of Musical Arts and PhD programs, including the recently introduced PhD in Performance.
Office for Environmental Programs
The Graduate Environmental Program (GEP) offered by the Office for Environmental Programs has a broad, flexible curriculum,
providing leading edge ideas on managing the environment. The GEP is multidisciplinary - crossing ten faculties and
allowing choice from a wide range of subjects. Our students come from a wide range of backgrounds and life experiences, but
are united in their desire for environmental sustainability.
Melbourne Graduate School of Science
The Melbourne Graduate School of Science is home to our community of scientists pursuing advanced training in the most
diverse range of scientific disciplines in Australia. We are consistently ranked among the top universities in Australia for
our scientific research, and are one of a select few Australian universities to rank amongst the best in the world. Our
decorated teaching and research staff, innovative training programs, high-achieving student body and extensive resources
enable us to pursue our aim of educating scientists who are capable of playing leading roles in research or industry.
Melbourne School of Graduate Research
The Melbourne School of Graduate Research (MSGR) is nationally and internationally recognised as a leader in research training
and in the delivery of academic support programs for graduate research candidates. We work closely with academic departments
to provide a distinctive Melbourne research higher degree experience and deliver high-quality multidisciplinary enrichment
activities to graduate researchers from every discipline. The MSGR, through active candidature management and collaboration
with faculties also provides quality assurance of, and accountability for graduate research programs, and plays an important
role in research policy implementation and supervisor training. Located in the Graduate Centre and in collaboration with the
University's postgraduate student association (UMPA), MSGR provides excellent facilities and resources to promote
interdisciplinary interaction and collaboration for all research students.
Melbourne Consulting and Custom Programs
The Melbourne Consulting and Custom Programs is a non-discipline specific School of the University which manages customised graduate programs across a range of subject areas. Courses administered by Melbourne Consulting and Custom Programs are generally developed and delivered in partnership with a discipline focussed Faculty. They are often multidisciplinary in nature, delivered in-house and prepared specifically for corporate and government clients, both in Australia and overseas. Participants are almost exclusively working professionals.
Veterinary Science
As one of the founding schools of veterinary education in Australia, the reputation of the Faculty of Veterinary Science
stands high throughout the world. Our academic staff are actively engaged in research, with many of them being at the
forefront of research in their fields. This expertise extends not only to research degrees, but also to our coursework
programs.
As a graduate student in Veterinary Science, you will have the opportunity to work in an intellectually challenging environment with staff who are supportive, and who will assist you to advance your career
Victorian College of the Arts
The Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) is Australia's leading visual and performing arts training institution. The Graduate
School at the VCA is an exciting new destination for professional graduate study and research training. It is the umbrella
body for a range of courses from graduate certificates, graduate and postgraduate coursework programs, masters by research and
PhD programs. The Graduate School encompasses all artistic disciplines at the VCA Art, Film and Television, Music, Dance,
Drama, Production, Indigenous Arts Management, Community Cultural Development and interdisciplinary research through the
Centre for Ideas and provides scale, focus and effective management of professional education, research and research
training.