Monash Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Monash University is a bold, enterprising and research-intensive institution ranked in the top 100 universities of the world. By giving the world’s brightest mind access to the world’s best technologies, we create a culture that supports true research excellence.

Researchers within the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences are constantly making critical scientific breakthroughs–such as understanding superbugs on a molecular level, identifying the genes that drive behaviour, or finding ways to stop cancer in its tracks.

Many of those researchers are also embedded as clinicians within Victoria’s leading health services, which enables them to apply their discoveries directly to patient care and quickly turn incredible scientific breakthroughs into real-life treatments.

As a research student in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, you will join a thriving community of over 1,300 PhD students and more than 2,900 research staff.

Top Five Reasons Why Monash Should Be Your First Choice For Your Graduate Research

1. Outstanding supervisors
   Our supervisors are provided with ongoing professional development opportunities and main supervisors are certified as appropriately skilled. Visit our Supervisor Connect database today to find your supervisor.
2. Generous Scholarships and Grants
   We seek to support researchers by offering a wide range of generous scholarships and grants that assist with living expenses, tuition, frees, relocation, travel, etc.
3. Skills for the 21st Century
   Our programs offer a range of professional training opportunities to complement your research project. These include face-to-face or online professional development modules, coursework units that develop expert knowledge and other development opportunities such as industry internships.
4. Leading Research Infrastructure
   Access to the latest platforms and facilities that will enable you to push the boundaries of human knowledge.
5. Global Networks
   Our degree prepares you for the global workforce whether it is through an international student exchange, or simple learning alongside some of the world’s best and brightest research students and staff.

Our degree prepares you for the global workforce whether it is through an international student exchange, or simple learning alongside some of the world’s best and brightest research students and staff.

Find out more about becoming a research student at monash.edu/medicine/research