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How to apply for Honours

Honours gives you the chance to explore your area of interest and develop specialist knowledge and practice through research. It enables you to advance your research career or move into a diverse range of professions within your chosen field.

Honours is challenging and exciting - in addition to extending your specialisation, you'll also enhance your skills in areas including:

  • data analysis
  • critical thinking
  • report writing
  • research methodologies
  • research communication
  • entrepreneurship.

You'll also complete a supervised research project.  Please refer to the "Research project - How to apply for a research project" information below.

Application information

For answers to frequently asked questions, and information about honours programs, applications, fees and student life, visit UQ's Future Students website.

For more details on our Honours programs, please visit our Honours program webpage.

How to apply for Postgraduate Coursework

If you're a graduate or professional and want to specialise, broaden your expertise in a related field, or upgrade your qualifications, our postgraduate coursework programs will boost your academic or professional career.

Our range of flexible full-time and part-time options all draw on our research expertise and industry connections. They span the disciplines of agricultural science, agribusiness and rural development, food science and technology, and animal science.

Our Masters programs will diversify or deepen your theoretical and practical skills in your field of interest, and they'll also equip you to undertake a higher degree by research.  You'll also complete a supervised research project within the Masters program.  Please refer to the "Research project - How to apply for a research project" information below.

Our graduate certificates will enable you to upgrade your qualifications or develop skills in addition to those covered by your undergraduate studies. You can also upgrade to a Masters degree program from our certificates.

Application information

For answers to frequently asked questions, and information about postgraduate coursework programs, applications, fees and student life, visit UQ's Future Students website.

For more details on our postgraduate coursework programs, please visit our Postgraduate Coursework webpage.

How to apply for a research project

Contract forms

As part of your application to undertake a research project, you'll need to submit an Application and Learning Contract. This should occur only after your program application has been finalised.  Refer to the above "How to apply...." for the relevant program level.

Application and Learning Contract (PDF, 273kB)

Submit your completed Application and Learning Contract to safs@enquire.uq.edu.au not later than the first Thursday of February for Semester One commencement and first Thursday of July for Semester Two commencement.

To complete the pdf please download, save, edit, and then submit to safs@enquire.uq.edu.au.

    Available research projects

    Visit our Research projects pages to see our available projects. 

    You can also apply for an honours project with QAAFI.

    Honours award classes and cut-offs

    How honours classes are calculated depends on a few factors, including the year in which you started your first course.  Please refer to your program rules for the calculation method.

    Email us for more information if you can't find what you're looking for.

    Special Topic / Advanced Topic courses

    Contract forms

    As part of your application to undertake a special topic or advanced topic, you'll need to submit an Application and Learning Contract.

    Application and Learning Contract (PDF, 159kB)

    Submit your completed Application and Learning Contract to safs@enquire.uq.edu.au not later than the first Thursday of February for Semester One commencement and first Thursday of July for Semester Two commencement.

    To complete the pdf please download, save, edit, and then submit to safs@enquire.uq.edu.au.

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