Overview

As a candidate for the Doctor of Philosophy in Design, you'll undertake supervised research with the aim of making a significant and original contribution to a discipline or profession. The research you'll undertake may be pure, exploratory, applied, experimental and/or creative.

Your industry experience

Internship opportunities are available for Higher Degree by Research students

Research areas

  • Industrial Design
  • New Product Development
  • Innovation
  • Design for Health/MedTech
  • Humanitarian Design
  • Information Design

Skills you’ll learn

  • Independent thinking
  • Decision-making skills
  • Good judgement
  • Logical thought
  • Communication skills
  • Project management skills

Your career opportunities

  • Academic
  • Researcher
  • Entrepreneur
  • Business development
  • Analyst – policy, market, economic
  • Project manager

Key codes

CRICOS course code
064191C
VTAC Code (CSP)
International student visa

International students in Australia who hold student visas are required to study full-time and on campus. Courses that are taught entirely online are only available to international students studying outside Australia or those in Australia who are not on a student visa. Online courses are not available to international students in Australia who hold a student visa.

Why Swinburne?

Ranked top 150 for Art and Design

QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023

Ranked 240 in Architecture and Built Environment

QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023