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Arts Research Opportunities

The Faculty of Arts provides high-quality research programs in English, communications, performance studies, geography, environmental science, historical studies, humanities, social sciences, languages, cultures, linguistics, music, philosophy, bioethics, political and social inquiry.

International Engagement

Monash University is Australia’s truly international university with campuses in Asia, Europe and Africa, with seven formal alumni networks in Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Korea, Thailand and the United Kingdom. The Faculty of Arts draws students from all over the world and offers a postgraduate research program to prepare students for effective international engagement. Find out more about the university’s international presence.

Worldwide Reputation In Research

Monash Arts is internationally recognised for its research with independent reviews consistently ranking our schools highly in the international arena and among the nation's best. View examples of ground breaking research and our latest activities and research strengths.

Quality Supervision

Because we are one of the largest Arts faculties in Australia we have the capacity to supervise graduate researchers across a broad range of topics in the performance arts, humanities, languages and the social sciences. View a list of our academic staff and their supervision areas on the supervision page.

Research Areas

The faculty is divided into eight academic schools offering research programs in a number of disciplines. Learn more about the faculty's research areas.

Student Resources & Support

We provide our students with a range of resources and support, including English language and cross-cultural communication skills support for students from non-English speaking backgrounds. Read more about the faculty's student resources and support.

"As we look into the 21st century, the students who will be graduating more and more will be spending their careers in a world where national boundaries will be less and less important."

Professor Richard Larkins AO, Vice-Chancellor and President

Professor Richard Larkins AO, Vice-Chancellor and President

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