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Postgraduate Studies and Research

As one of Australia’s most prestigious and comprehensive performing arts academies, WAAPA offers exciting postgraduate opportunities for those wanting to extend their academic journey.

Postgraduate studies provide a practical-based learning and research experience enhanced by the opportunities offered by the multi-disciplined nature of WAAPA and expert supervision by WAAPA’s outstanding research staff.

Enjoy a rich postgraduate community highlighted by visiting artists and scholars, industry placements, specialist seminars, a high-profile staff and a performance program second to none.

Honours

Building on a Bachelor degree, the one-year full-time Honours qualification strengthens academic ability and equips outstanding graduates to pursue further postgraduate study.

Choose from:

Music Honours embraces the latest practice-led research models to facilitate research for performance students as well as more academic areas.

Offering two distinct streams of Dance and Performance Making, the course provides students with an opportunity to focus in depth on a particular research topic of their choice while also receiving further research training at fourth year Honours level

Higher degree courses

WAAPA is a leading academy for postgraduate studies in the performing arts, especially (but not exclusively) in the practical aspects of art making.

We offer both a Masters research degree, and a PhD.

Candidates will be assessed on their academic, research and professional experience. Candidates can only be admitted if there is supervisor capacity and expertise in the field of research. View a list of our Researchers and Supervisors and their research interests.

Staff

The Associate Dean (Research) is Dr Renée Newman.

The Course Coordinator for Postgraduate Studies and Research is Associate Professor Jonathan W. Marshall.

For a full list of WAAPA Research staff, please visit the WAAPA Staff listing.

More information

For domestic student enquiries, please go to Future Students.

For international student enquiries, please go to International Students.

For a full list of WAAPA courses, please visit WAAPA Study areas.

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