Business Law and Taxation PhD

Why choose a PhD with the Department of Business Law and Taxation?

Facts and figures

  • Flexibility

    Tailored to your needs and skills with full-time (up to 4 years) and part-time (up to 8 years) study options.

  • Impact

    Seize the opportunity to make a lasting impact on global economic, environmental and societal challenges.

  • Cross-disciplinary research

    Research your chosen subject in collaboration with other discipline experts in addition to law.

  • Continue coursework

    Build your business law research skills with our unique coursework unit.

About this program

You will have the opportunity to work with leading business law scholars on projects that make a genuine and substantive impact on global economic, environmental, and social challenges. Our researchers solve these challenges by drawing on the perspectives and methods of other business disciplines in addition to law.

Our researchers specialise in a variety of research areas, including Asian and comparative business regulation, company law and litigation, international trade and commercial law, labour and human rights, law and environmental sustainability, law and technology, regulatory theory and practice, tax law and policy.

Your studies will include a coursework unit, Research strategies and methods in business law, which will build your skills for conducting research in business law.

If you are an Australian or New Zealand citizen, or Australian permanent resident, your tuition fees will be covered by the Australian government's Research Training Program (RTP) Fees Offset for the specified duration of your course.

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Eligibility and applications

The Business Law and Taxation PhD program is highly competitive with each intake receiving more applications than there are places available. As a result, meeting our eligibility requirements alone won't guarantee you a place in the program.

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