Bacterial Spore Development Projects PhD Scholarships

The University of Technology Sydney is Australia's Top Young University and ranked within the Top 200 universities worldwide. Its vibrant campus is located in the center of Sydney, with easy access to all amenities and transport that is ideally suited for PhD student living.

The ithree institute at UTS focuses on three research themes: Microbes in Agriculture, Microbial Communities and Stealth Pathogens. Its collaborative research environment involves innovative technology development, specifically tailored to microbes (in imaging, sequencing, genomics and proteomics), and its use in the creation of new knowledge to identify how microorganisms survive and adapt to a range of environments and insults, including the human host.

The ithree institute is composed of 7 group leaders, 15 postdoctoral researchers and 35 PhD students, who work in an integrated model of collaboration. PhD students are very well supported by a 360-degree mentoring structure which provides them with mentors from both senior and more junior levels. PhD students have the opportunity to attend multiple seminars every week, both within ithree and the School of Life Sciences. PhD students are supported by the UTS Science PhD student cohort which provides them with a voice within the Faculty and continuously guides UTS towards meeting HDR needs. Finally, PhD students are fully supported to attend conferences overseas, at least once during their candidature, which exposes them directly to their research community.