Our research
Working collaboratively – and across disciplines – our researchers apply their skills and expertise to forge future-focused solutions in all aspects of our lives.
While we have long been renowned for our technical expertise, today our researchers are also trained in the commercial realities facing different industry sectors. We strive to produce well-rounded experts, scientific collaborators and problem-solvers.
Our global reputation has enabled us to attract world-leaders in key areas of science research. RMIT is ranked well above world standard in Physical Sciences, Analytical Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Environmental Science and Management, and Microbiology and above world standard in Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing, Distributed Computing and Data Format.
We offer custom-built facilities designed to accommodate emerging fields of research, attract industry partners, drive innovation and support our multi-disciplinary approach to tackling problems.
Our researchers are active and leading members in a range of RMIT research centres, groups and wider research collaborations. The School also hosts a number of ARC Centres of Excellence as well as the RMIT Data Analytics Lab and the Australia-India Research Centre for Automation Software Engineering (AICAUSE).
The HDR project list is a comprehensive guide of research projects and supervisors available to students wishing to apply for a Science Higher Degree by Research. Before applying, use the list to find a project matching your skills and interest.
RMIT offers a variety of research scholarships to support candidates to pursue excellence in their research while furthering their academic and career goals.
If you’re interested in studying a science-related PhD but don’t know if you’re eligible, explore opportunities and resources, or to find out how to apply.
RMIT researchers work together in research centres and groups to solve complex problems.
Find out how to manage your candidature from getting started to completion and to make the most of your research training experience.
Our focus as a global university of technology, design and enterprise is supported by research hubs such as the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Facility and the MicroNano Research Facility.
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.
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