Prospective Students

At present, RSPAS has more than 265 students enrolled in the PhD degree course. Most of these are enrolled for the full-time course which takes from three to four years of research. Students represent about 90 different nationalities.

In addition to PhD enrolments across the School, the Department of International Relations, the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre and the Graduate Studies in Sustainable Heritage Development provide Masters degree programs. Approximately 250 Masters students are enrolled in these programs.

The University's Graduate School co-ordinates all graduate study at the ANU. Most postgraduate students at RSPAS are associated with one or more of the university-wide Graduate School programs.

For more information, follow the links below, browse the departments' web sites or use the RSPAS search facility.

Information about RSPAS by Discipline

• Anthropology
• Archaeology and Natural History
• Economics
• Human Geography
• International Relations
• Doctoral Studies
• Graduate Studies
• Linguistics
• Pacific and Asian History
• Political Science
• Strategic and Defence Studies
• PhD Studies
• Graduate Studies

Multi-disciplinary Areas

Some areas in RSPAS cross discipline boundaries.

• Contemporary China Centre
• Gender Relations Centre
• Resource Management (mainly Environment and Anthropology)