Handbook

The Master of Industrial Research program is being provided through the ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for the Chemical Industries, an ARC centre funded across UNSW, the University of Melbourne and Swinburne University, CSIRO and several industry partners. ARC transformation training centres aim to foster engagement between university-based researchers and research end-users by providing training opportunities for HDR candidates in industry settings. Researchers graduating from the program will be highly skilled, workplace-ready technical employees and will assist in deepening the long term partnerships between these chemical industries and the University.  Each University partner will establish a Master of Industrial Research program which combines advanced academic training, industry skills and embedded industry experience. At UNSW, this will be structured with some disciplinary coursework, business skills related coursework, and an industry research project undertaken by the HDR candidate.

This program involves a minimum of 1.5 years full-time study, maximum 2 years. The masters thesis should be submitted for examination within 2 years of full-time study.

This program also comprises of between 18 - 24 units of credit (uoc) of coursework which includes a 6uoc core course CHEM7001 Chemistry Health and Safety and up to 18uoc of advanced coursework electives offered in the faculties of Science, Law and Business.