Postgraduate Research (HDR) students

Booking a Venue for your Seminar

1. If you are presenting in person, you can check availability and book a room using Microsoft Outlook Calendar. If you need help to book a venue, please contact the School of ADP office or Faculty.
2. If your seminar is online, or it's a hybrid presentation, please create a Zoom webinar link.

The UQ Graduate School monitors the progression and development of all PhD and MPhil candidates via an assessment framework of ‘progress reviews’.

This approach aims to:

• Monitor candidates' progression and development at specific points of candidature
• Identify any issues that impact progression and facilitate improvements
• Facilitate candidates receiving feedback from academics who are not members of the advisory team
• Record any issues/concerns

Visit the Graduate School website for an overview of the progress review framework

The Graduate School's Career Development Framework offers HDR placements with industry, government, and NGO partners. These placements help you gain real-world experience, build professional networks, and strengthen your research and transferable skills.

Information sessions are held online via Zoom - the next one is 18 December 2025

Check the website for 2026 sessions.

Advertised Placements

Unless otherwise stated, any advertised Placements are open to International and Domestic students enrolled in a PhD or MPhil program.

• APR.Intern
• Australian Genome Research Facility Placement Opportunities
• Asian Development Bank Internship Program
• Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation Industry Placements
• Pride Inclusion Program Placement Opportunities
• Queensland Department of Youth Justice and Victim Support Placement Opportunities

Browse and filter across the School of ADP's funding opportunities for current HDR students.

Compete for prize money and get great experience in presenting in the annual Three Minute Thesis ® competition.

PhD and MPhil candidates can apply for School of ADP Higher Degree Research Grant Funds. 

The UQ Research office a page set up for funding opportunities - UQ Pivot Platform. Many faculties and institutes have local support for preparing applications, so contact your local Research Manager.

ORCID ID and Google Scholar profiles are important sources to connect your research across organisations – we highly recommend setting these up for your career. These identifiers draw in data about your work to your UQ eSpace profile.

• ORCID ID - HDR's must register an ORICID ID with UQ by the early candidature checkpoint progress review. Information can be found here
• HDR profile - your School of ADP profile is important for enhanced visibility within the HDR space and also for potential future projects and employment, both at UQ and beyond. Please email the office for assistance - office@adp.uq.edu.au
• Google Scholar - A Google Scholar profile enables you to keep track of citations to your articles and provides an online presence for your scholarly work. Add this to your ORCID profile - information can be found here.