PhD - Doctor of Philosophy in Education
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Doctoral Degree
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Expected Sep 2024
University of Canterbury
The UC Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is a research-only degree, carried out under expert supervision and using world-class facilities. At UC you can complete a PhD in over 70 subjects, joining over 1,000 students from more than 60 nations.
A PhD involves extensive, sustained, and original research in your chosen subject, with the results being presented in a thesis that will contribute to intellectual knowledge of the field. It is a mark of intellectual ability, self-discipline, and commitment. A PhD prepares you for a number of careers, including as an academic.
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In addition to expert supervision, UC provides all doctoral students with opportunities to gain transferable skills in areas including communication of research, networking, career planning, databases, statistical analysis, ethics, professional practice, and cultural awareness. UC has a number of unique research facilities, collections, resources, and field stations; many of which are renowned globally. See more about our Research impact. The University has a thriving postgraduate research community which includes clubs and associations for social interaction and support. See the UC Postgraduate Students' Association for information. To find out more about the research interests of staff, start by searching the database in the UC Research Profile. UC Research Profile provides information about individual researchers, the projects they are working on, the research groups they belong to, the specialist equipment that they use for research, and their affiliations. There are many benefits for international students studying towards a PhD in Aotearoa New Zealand, such as the possibility to work while studying, apply for a work visa once graduated, pay domestic student fees, and school and work benefits for your partner and children.
For full requirements see the Regulations for the Doctor of Philosophy.
Entry criteria
Enrolment in a PhD requires completion of a research-focused honours or master’s degree, at First or Second Class (Division I) Honours or Distinction level (or equivalent qualifications).
Applicants with qualifications from outside Aotearoa New Zealand must have been granted admission to the University. Our admissions team, in consultation with the host department, look at your qualifications and transcripts to ensure that you have the background required to complete a PhD. It is possible that you may be required to complete preparatory courses prior to or after admission into a PhD programme.
Applicants must also satisfy our English language entry requirements:
IELTS (Academic): An average score of 6.5, with a minimum of 6.0 in reading, writing, listening and speaking. TOEFL (IBT): Total minimum score of 90, minimum score of 19 in reading, writing and listening. PTE (Pearson Test of English - Academic): PTE with an overall score of 58 and no PTE communicative skills score below 50.
This qualification can be started in: First day of any month.
Applications after the deadline date (8 December) will be considered if places are available.
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Online: NZresearch.org.nz links to full-text research online at New Zealand universities, polytechnics, and other research organisations, including theses.
Print theses can usually be interloaned under strict conditions.
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Recent theses from overseas are increasingly made available online. Older theses can be difficult to interloan and may have to be purchased,
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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Titles and abstracts of theses from 1861. Theses from 1997 include 24-page previews. All ProQuest theses can be easily acquired via Interloan
OAIster Wide range of full-text material - set the Content option to limit to theses/dissertations.
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Access to full-text of theses from participating institutions.
Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD) OATD is a discovery service intended to put researchers and scholars in touch with the Open Access content in ETD collections.
American Doctoral Dissertations American Doctoral Dissertations, is an open-access database built to assist researchers in locating both historic and contemporary dissertations and theses.
Trove Records of theses at all levels, including Honours, etc.
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Theses Canada Portal Titles and abstracts of Canadian theses. Select "Electronic theses" to limit to theses with full-text only.
DART-Europe E-theses Portal Access to full-text of theses from participating European institutions.
DIVA Access to a large number of Swedish Universities' theses repositories
SUDOC Records of a wide-range of material in academic libraries. You can limit to theses under "Type de publication".
Germany and Switzerland
Dissertations Online Access to full-text of theses listed in the German and Swiss National Libraries.
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Search over 350000 doctoral theses. Download instantly for your research, or order a scanned copy quickly and easily.
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Many subject-specific databases include records of theses and dissertations.
Canterbury theses
The Library holds a copy of all theses completed at the University of Canterbury.
Online: All non-embargoed UC PhD theses are digitized and can be downloaded from the UC Research Repository (open access). Masters theses are in progress. To request digitisation of a specific thesis email [email protected]
It may take up to 10 working days to complete this request.
Embargoes: Some theses may be unavailable until a certain date due to sensitive content. You may wish to contact the author for more information.
Print: Theses on the open shelves can be borrowed. Theses in storage can be requested online through our catalogue and used within the Macmillan Brown Library: the delivery timeframe is the following working day.
Finding theses
You can search in the Library Catalogue by: Author, Title, Keyword
Enter the terms thesis and Canterbury followed by the subject discipline, e.g. thesis canterbury chemistry NB: This may find theses in other subjects, e.g. thesis canterbury history picks up theses in art history, business history etc, while thesis canterbury philosophy will find PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) theses in all subjects. For these cases, some subject guides include thesis lists, including for classics and philosophy .
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