Current students
<p>Information for current Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students at the University of Sydney</p>
Information for current Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students at the University of Sydney
This section of the Graduate Research Hub covers everything you need to know to progress confidently through your HDR studies, from settling in to submitting your thesis and everything in between.
Understand your progress requirements, manage your candidature, access any funding you’re eligible for and find all the support and resources you need along the way – so you can focus on conducting impactful research that contributes to the common good.
The HDR academic year consists of four research periods, each with a fixed start and end date regardless of the calendar year. Each research period also has a census date, the date by which any material changes to your candidature must be approved and processed to become effective in that research period.
| Research period | Start date |
Census date |
End date |
|---|---|---|---|
Research Period 1 |
1 January |
31 January |
28 February |
Research Period 2 |
1 March |
31 March |
30 June |
Research Period 3 |
1 July |
31 August |
30 September |
Research Period 4 |
1 October |
31 October |
31 December |
