Doctor of Philosophy
Design
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
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