Honours Information

What is Honours?| Honours Projects | Honours Coordinators | Honours Offers | Honours Expression of Interest | Honours Commencing Sem 2, 2012 

What is Honours?

Honours is a 1 year program consisting of a research project and associated theoretical work. An Honours year provides professional training in a chosen area of specialisation and experience in scientific research. The Honours year enables students to learn new research techniques and broaden their skill base. The Honours experience leads to increased job opportunities and is the foundation year for direct entry into postgraduate research degrees in Australia, e.g. the PhD.

Prospective Honours students should contact the appropriate Honours co-ordinator listed on each School page. These co-ordinators will assist you in making contact with specific researchers who are working in an area of interest to you.

Honours Projects within Faculty of Sciences Schools

For information on available Honours projects and scholarships, visit the School web sites using the following links:

• School of Agriculture, Food & Wine
• School of Chemistry & Physics
• School of Earth & Environmental Sciences
• School of Molecular & Biomedical Science
• School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences

Honours Co-ordinators

Names and contact details of Honours Co-ordinators can be found here.

Honours Offers

Honours offers will be sent by email or hardcopy postal form, if no email provided.

• Email is the most rapid and efficient way to receive an offer and respond with acceptance.
• In your expression of interest, you are strongly advised to provide a current and correct email address and postal address, that you will be able to check and respond from during the period in which offers are made (see below).
• It is your responsibility to provide a correct address, and to check that address for an offer/outcome.

Offers may be made in advance of all of your final grades being posted. In such cases, you may accept the offer, but your admittance to the Honours program will be conditional on passing any courses required to complete your Bachelor's program.

Honours Expressions of Interest*

Each Discipline and/or School have unique procedures for assigning students to supervisors/projects, but all prospective Honours students must complete the online form below:

• Honours Expression of Interest

If you are unable to use the online form, please print out the hard copy version, complete and return it to the Faculty of Sciences Office.

*If you are not a University of Adelaide student and would like to undertake honours at the University of Adelaide, please contact the Honours Coordinators in the relevant area to determine your eligibility and discuss information you may need to provide.

Important Dates for Honours Commencing Semester 2, 2012

Closing Date: The closing date for your expression of interest to be considered for offers is 25th May 2012. Students will be notified of the outcome of their applications as soon as possible after the results of the third year subjects are finalised and confirmation of completion of their Bachelor's degree.

Late applications: Late applications will be considered, but the range of available projects may be limited. Equal consideration is not guaranteed.