Doctorate (PhD)
Indigenous knowledge encompasses practices developed by Indigenous peoples globally, applied across diverse fields such as medicine, education, and the arts. This program, offered by the Indigenous Knowledge Institute, facilitates engagement with Indigenous communities and supports PhD entry for Indigenous researchers.
Indigenous knowledge spans insights, innovations and practices that Indigenous peoples around the world have developed over countless generations, typically in societies with a deep relationship with their natural surroundings.
It is applied across a diverse array of fields - including medicine, health, education, development, resource management, agriculture, law and the arts.
This distinctive program - the first in Australia to offer studies in Indigenous knowledge as an explicit, interdisciplinary subject area - is designed to recognise and activate Indigenous knowledge, deepen engagement and reciprocal learning with Indigenous communities, and facilitate entry into a PhD program for Indigenous candidates already engaged in research and academia.
The Doctor of Philosophy - Indigenous Knowledge is offered by the Indigenous Knowledge Institute, in partnership with all faculties at the University of Melbourne.