Average Duration: 4 years full-time

 

Requirements: Completion of research project and written thesis with a minimum 144 Units of credit

Award: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Plans/Majors Available:
Microbiology

Microbiology and Immunolgy

 

School Contact:
School Office
babs@unsw.edu.au

 

 

Program Outline

Students undertake a research project supervised by a member of academic staff, depending on the availability of supervisory staff, laboratory and financial resources.

Research areas include: Helicobacter pylori and gastroduodenal disease, immunology of allergic responses, environmental microbiology and remediation, microbiology of extremophiles, water-borne viral pathogens, probiotics, molecular microbiology and genomics, bacterial communication systems, marine microbiology and biotechnology.