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UQUQ-UQ-IITD Academy of Research (UQIDAR)UQUQUQ IITD Academy of Research (UQIDAR)IITD Academy of Research (UQIDAR)IITD Academy of Research (UQIDAR)Joint PhD Program

Joint-PhD Pathway-1: i-student

LENGTH

4YRS

Commence at IIT-D2-5 courses

1st Milestone: PhD Research Plan + Lit

Review2nd year of PhD @ UQ

SCALE

25 in year 145 by year 3

200-250 students at any point

INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT

at steady state 30% of students to be industry

supported

Along the lines of IITB-Monash Research Academy.

A precedent for this exists already.

We are adopting and refining that model…

Joint-PhD Pathway-2: a-student

SCALE

3 in year 115 by year 3

50 students at any point

INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT

at steady state 30% of students to be industry

supported

This symmetric/reciprocal PhD will be a first. The IITB-Monash Research Academy does not have this model yet (and not

contemplated at this scale).No precedent for this exists already (at this scale).

LENGTH

4YRS

Commence at UQ2-5 Courses1st Milestone:

PhD Research Plan + Lit Review

2nd year of PhD @ IITD

Benefits to students

• Gain qualification from two leading institutions.• Receive generous scholarship.• Take advantage of world-class facilities and resources.• Benefit from dual supervision.• Obtain a truly global qualification.• On completion, have access to employment

opportunities with sponsors of their research project.• Have the opportunity to spend part of PhD in

Australia at UQ and with their project sponsor institution.

Industry suggest projects that they’d like to carry out

Students apply to projects

Project drives multi disciplinary research

Drives and defines collaboration

Project before student

Project at the core (start)

Project as vehicle for wider engagement between UQ

and IIT-DProject and collaboration is decided prior to students applying/commencing.Focus on the project ensures: • faculty collaboration assured before student,• industry engagement is easier,• student attachment to project,• student selection (best fit for project),• multidisciplinary approaches possible,• outcomes orientation,• focus on problems that need to be solved as

opposed to problems that can be solved.

A whole-of-University approach:• could involve all Faculties/Institutes at UQ,• submit your project (we will find a match for your

project if you do not know),• the model allows for associate partners and

industry partners to be engaged too.

Joint-PhD ModelOver-arching principles: • The joint-PhD program will have a jointly

developed set of guidelines that all students must follow for the duration of their candidature.

• Students would graduate with a jointly badged PhD from both institutions.

• The Academy will oversee the governance of the joint program.

• All students would apply through the On-line Applications (OLA) system at UQ.

• Students will apply for projects listed on the Academy website (via an application link).

• Supervisors from both UQ and IITD would be provided access to this portal to view applications.

• Each project would specify the location (IITD/UQ) where funding is available for the project and students would also be able to provide the preference on the location they would join.

Admissions

Shortlisting Process

Call for projects at each institution

UQIDAR Management Committee shortlists

projects for advertisement

Advertise Joint PhD Projects

(on Academy website)

Students apply online (brief project proposal)

Applications filteredUQ & IITD Supervisors

interview top candidates and rank

Top 3 ranked candidates considered for next step

(other strong applicants re-routed to other projects)

UQIDAR Joint Admissions Sub-committee interviews final shortlisted applicants

Recommended applicants sent for final assessment

for eligibility at both institutions

Academy sends offer letters to successful

applicants

Intellectual property

• Agreement on how to share IP (specified in the JV Agreement and in the joint PhD agreement).

• Students assign their IP to The Academy on joining.

• This enables The Academy to work with Industry effectively.

• Academy and JV IP Agreements should refer to and address IP commercialisation clauses effectively, whereby, either FITT or UniQuest file, manage and commercialise IP and pass on proceeds to the institutions and, through them, to the inventors (including student).

Student assigns

IP

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