Education and Research Training
NICTA's (National ICT Australia) Victoria Research Laboratory collaborates with the University of Melbourne to provide enhanced research training to PhD candidates in ICT research fields.
In addition, the Australian Research Council (ARC) Special Research Centre for Ultra-Broadband Information Networks (CUBIN) at the University of Melbourne is affiliated with the Victoria Research Laboratory.
Scholarship Opportunities at the University of Melbourne
NICTA Scholarships, in the areas of information and communications technology, are available for high achieving students commencing a PhD or a Masters leading to a PhD within the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering or the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering at the University of Melbourne.
NICTA Scholarships will provide living stipends at the APA equivalent rate per annum. In some cases a fee remission scholarship may be offered to overseas students. For students who successfully obtain other scholarships, such as the Australian Postgraduate Award (APA), NICTA-funded top up scholarships may be available.
Further information and application forms can be obtained by contacting David Strover, Senior Research Higher Degrees Officer in the School of Engineering on +61 3 8344 6687 or d.strover@unimelb.edu.au or visit http://www.ee.unimelb.au/research/nicta/postgraduate.html
MERIT Summer Research Experience 2008/2009
The MERIT Summer Research Experience will introduce current undergraduate students to research through a summer project with researchers from the Melbourne School of Engineering and NICTA Victoria Research Laboratory [...find out more]