Students
Elevate your expertise in a real-world setting
Want to deliver world-class research that benefits the
economy and broader society – while you earn a PhD? With our industry doctoral program, you can. You’ll be immersed in industry: embedded in a business and designing solutions to real commercial challenges – all while growing your career.
How the IDP differs from a traditional PhD
Industry Doctoral Program - Doctor of Philosophy (Industry)
- Portfolio-based approach
- 120 training hours
- Industry-scoped and led projects
- Exegesis and portfolio
- Embedded in a business
Traditional PhD
- Theory-based approach
- Two coursework units
- Academic research
- 80,000-word thesis
- Based at the university
Areas of research
Every day, our industry partners are coming across exciting new challenges. They’re unearthing ever-increasing opportunities for R & D – and launching inspiring, innovative projects.
They’re ready for an Industry PhD candidate to help them meet these challenges head on.
Are you ready to join them?
Chemical and Biological
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Civil and Infrastructure
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MedTech, Electrical and Computer Systems
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Materials Science
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Mechanical, Aerospace and Smart Manufacturing
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Natural Resources, Environment and Sustainability
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How the program works – and who should apply
As an Industry Doctoral Program candidate, you’ll be either:
- An existing doctoral candidate looking for a more hands-on PhD experience. You might have studied with Monash at undergraduate or postgraduate level – or you might be completely new to us.
- An employed engineer in full-time or part-time employment, seeking a way to upskill with a PhD while advancing your career and supporting the needs of your employer.
- An enquiring PhD candidate, you may have studied undergraduate or postgraduate studies at Monash or elsewhere.
Learn how three Monash PhD students are pioneering their own industry-focused pathways to education
My project was on additive manufacturing (or commonly known as 3d-printing), with a primary focus of creating titanium orthopaedic implants with complicated porous meshes. The project involves designing porous implants, manufacturing them by 3d-printing and characterizing them to assess and optimize their mechanical and biological properties. To complete this work, I utilised Monash’s cutting edge 3d-printers and characterization labs.
Ezgi Onal – Customised implants for the health industry.
The aim is to speed up the process of designing and manufacturing patient-specific implants so that the implant is ready withinhours of a patient’s admission into hospital.
"My PhD research is part of a Woodside Monash Energy Partnership focused on large-scale photocatalytic CO2 conversion. I have been able to utilise this collaboration to grow my knowledge while simultaneously producing results that contribute to practical application within industry."
Garv Bhardwaj, PhD with Woodside Energy
"I got to transfer my theoretical knowledge to a real-world situation, something that is extremely meaningful in terms of bridging the gap between the academic field and industry."
Tri Ky Nguyen, Civil Engineering PhD Student