• Expression of Interest for Research Scholarships

    The School of Mathematical & Physical Sciences and the Australian Astronomical Optics (AAO) groups at Macquarie University are seeking outstanding candidates for PhD and Masters of Research scholarships commencing January 2027. This is the combined Expression of Interest Form for Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Astronomy, and AAO projects, with a deadline of 12 July 2026. Applicants successful at this first round of application will be contacted by supervisors to interview for suitability. Supervisors will then decide on candidates to nominate to apply for the University-wide scholarships.

  • Applicant Details

  • Eligibility for MRes and/or PhD

    If you have completed a bachelor without a research component, you will not be eligible for MRes or PhD scholarships at Macquarie. If you have completed an honours/grad dip/masters by coursework/integrated masters degree, you will be eligible for a combined MRes (1 year) + PhD (3 year) scholarship.If you have already completed a masters including more than 1 year full time equivalent of research (eg a typical MSc or MPhil) you will be eligible for direct admission to PhD (3 years scholarship).

  • Academic Record

    Scholarships at Macquarie for international research students are highly competitive: you will typically be required to have a high-distinction average in Australian equivalent GPA (ie 85+ in systems out of 100, 3.7+ out of 4, and 6+ in systems out of 7). We recognise that different countries have different marking systems, and that some places mark more easily or mark harder than others. If you have a rank in your class (eg third out of 53 students) write that rank in this form (eg 3/53) and this will give the university admissions office better context.
  • Did your most recent degree include a thesis component?*
  • Completion Date of Highest Degree: if you have not completed your most recent degree, please apply at a future round.*
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  • Project Preferences and Publications

    Look at our project page and list up to three PhD projects you would be interested in from the drop-down menu. See the project list here: https://www.mq.edu.au/faculty-of-science-and-engineering/departments-and-schools/school-of-mathematical-and-physical-sciences/study-with-us/higher-degree-research

  • Publications

    Some students will have published papers: this is not required. If you have, please create a library record on ADS or SciX listing these papers, and link them here.

  • How did you hear about this opportunity?

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