Provisional Candidature Requirements

Formal acceptance as a higher degree by research candidate is a multi stage process.

The first twelve months of candidature (or half time equivalent) are provisional and during this time, you will undertake a number of milestones. These are:

• attendance at a local induction program
• attendance at the Adelaide Graduate Centre induction program
• completion of the core component of the structured program
• completion of an annual review of progress (note that you are exempted if you commence in candidature after the first of August in the year of the review) and
• completion of the major review of progress.

The number of milestones is greater during the period of provisional candidature than following confirmation, in order: to ensure that, irrespective of your discipline, you will receive a comprehensive induction to the facilities, services and professional development opportunities available to you; to introduce as much structure as possible into the first twelve months of your research program whilst you are adjusting to what is often a very different study environment and style; and to ensure that you formulate an academically sound and feasible research proposal in the early stages of your candidature.