In order to help you with your application, the information below aims to give some guidance on how a typical research proposal might look. Your aim here is to showcase your ability to carry out ...

Research proposals should not be viewed as binding contracts. Most first-year PhD students adapt their research proposal once they start studying the topic in more depth and working with their ...

Research Proposal The research proposal is intended to justify a body of research based in part on preliminary research during the first year in the PhD program. It should describe a specific novel ...

You are a suitable candidate for the PhD programme. We strongly suggest discussing your proposal with a potential supervisor in the school before applying through the online system. We have prepared a ...

Please note the Humanities PhD program changed some sections of its curriculum in 2017. Students in the pre-2017 curriclum stream have their Thesis Proposal with Defence coded as HUMA 886 (3 credits), ...

The main purpose of the thesis proposal defence is to enable the Ph.D. student make a position statement with respect to the thesis problem, outline a hypothesis and present a timeline for completion ...

of the rationale for your research proposal, the research questions to be answered and how you propose to address them. We know that during the early stages of your PhD you are likely to refine your ...

Considering applying for a PhD? Explore our advice on everything you need to consider - from finding a supervisor to drafting a research proposal. Before making a formal application to our PhD ...