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Expression of interest to commence HDR application

Please read the following information carefully. Entry to the HDR program is highly competitive and requires a two stage approval overseen first by POLSIS and then by the UQ Graduate School.

To be eligible for consideration applicants must submit the following documents to support lodgement of this expression of interest.

•	Certification showing their completion of all the required units of undergraduate and postgraduate Honours or Masters programs in a discipline area cognate to Political Science, International Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies or International Relations
•	Academic transcripts showing evidence of advanced achievement in prior undergraduate and postgraduate studies
•	Copies of a major piece of independent research completed as part of previous studies. This may be a research thesis or a peer reviewed article or book chapter published by an academic press.
•	A research proposal of between 3000-5000 words
•	Your CV
•	A completed version of this form with all personal details.

Application Process

This completed form and the above documents should be lodged via email with the current Director of the HDR Program, Associate Professor Heloise Weber (h.weber@uq.edu.au). The director will assess the application to see if you are eligible, and the School has supervision capacity. If you are invited to continue the process you will enter a further phase of consultation with your potential supervisor who will read and discuss your proposal with you. Your application will then be assessed by a school panel who will decide if you should proceed to the next admissions process that is managed by the UQ Graduate School.

Please note that it is your responsibility to follow up communications at this stage of the process and to ensure all the documentation is submitted and the process is completed by the schools submission date for each scholarship entry round.

First Name	Family Name	
Email address		
Are you applying as an international Student Yes	No	Are you applying for an HDR Stipend/Scholarship Yes	No	
Year highest degree conferred	Institution and Program of Highest degree conferred	
Program GPA or equivalent for highest degree conferred		
Suggested supervisor (first preference)	Suggested supervisor (second preference)	
Have you completed a major piece of independent research as part of your previous studies; or, have you been the sole author of a peer reviewed journal article , book chapter, or other significant piece of research? (Yes or No)

*If yes, please provide brief details (title, word count, type of project – eg, a thesis or an article) and attach to your application.
 If no, please note that the completion of an independent piece of research is a requirement for admission into the HDR/PhD program at UQ and therefore you are ineligible to apply.