Preparation for admission

You will need to request an Application Kit from the Research Degrees and Scholarships Officer (see Important Links and Contacts). Your application will include your proposed:

• Coursework
• Professional placement
• Thesis proposal

Contact a program adviser to signal your interest in enrolling in the program. The program adviser will be able to assist you with your proposal and provide assistance with useful contacts for thesis supervision and placements.

You should then investigate the coursework options at CDU, UQ and JCU.

For information on postgraduate units at CDU, search the units data base on the CDU home page at www.cdu.edu.au. Search CDU units using the search terms SBI5%, CRS4%, WLM4%, SDV4% to locate postgraduate units.

For information on postgraduate units at UQ, start with courses in the School of Natural and Rural Systems Management at www.nrsm.uq.edu.au. Please note that the term "course" is used at UQ instead of the term "units".

For information on postgraduate units at JCU, start with courses in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at www.jcu.edu.au/ees/degrees/index.htm.

You may also want to choose units/courses from other universities in Australia or overseas.

Entry requirements

Prospective students for the Doctorate in Tropical Environmental Management should be professional practitioners, and:

• Have qualified for admission in the University to the degree of Bachelor with first or second class Honours, or
• Hold qualifications from the University or another tertiary institution deemed by the Faculty/ IAS Board to be equivalent, and approved as sufficient qualification, and
• Have relevant professional experience (typically five years).

Applicants will require demonstrated capacity to undertake significant research in the proposed doctoral field.

Courses are taught in English. Students whose mother tongue is not English need to achieve an IELTS score of 6.5 (with no band score less than 6) or a TOEFL score of 575.

For more details check the international website: www.cdu.edu.au/international

International students

There is a wide range of support services to assist students with information, facilities, counselling, cultural and social events. In addition, there are clubs, and sporting groups and festivals on campus to enrich academic life.

There are two ways in which international students may undertake the DTEM:

• Students who come to Australia are enrolled full-time as on-campus students, and require a student's visa. These students are limited to taking no more than 25 per cent of their candidature through external mode or as cross-institutional enrolments. In other words, these students must take 75 per cent of their candidature as internal study.
• Students who do not wish to study full-time in Australia may enrol for an external course, and attend field trips, supervisory meetings or other on-campus commitments on a visitor's visa.

International Student Enquiries Officer
Charles Darwin University
Darwin NT 0909
Tel: +61 8 8946 7215
Fax: +61 8 8946 6644
Email: international@cdu.edu.au

International students and external study

Please note that there are limits on the proportion of external units for students on an international student visa. Please bear this in mind when selecting electives at other universities.

Fees

The Doctorate of Tropical Environmental Management is a full-fee paying course for both domestic and international students.

The University is pleased to offer five fee-waiver scholarships each year for domestic students, studying either full-time or part-time. Please contact a program adviser for information about conditions.

Domestic applicants who are not receiving a fee-waiver scholarship, please refer to the schedules of fees provided on the CDU website at www.cdu.edu.au/hesa/fees.html and follow the links to 2008 Domestic Tuition Fees.

International applicants, please contact the International Student division for up-to-date information on fees for international students, or see the international website: www.cdu.edu.au/international.

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