Prospective PhD Students

Please check The Departments PhD Acceptance Requirements here

Summary of requirements (when contacting me, please provide all the requested material).


La Trobe University CS & CE Summary of Admission Requirements for PhD Candidature


To obtain a scholarship in our Department you would need a score of above 85% plus, you will need to have completed a thesis which is at least 3/8 of your Masters degree or your Hons year load, in any case.


To be accepted in to a PhD without a scholarship, you need a score of 75% or better and, to meet our thesis requirements (a thesis which is at least 3/8 of your final  year of your Masters degree or your Hons year load)., with a mark of 80% or better for the thesis.

We will consider publications as an alternative, but, these need to be in top conferences or good journals.

So, it's best if you check if you meet these requirements before you go further,

Then, you need send anyone you want to work with a package with..


1.    Your UG transcripts ,

2.    Your Masters transcripts, if you have completed one.

3.    Evidence of your English language competence,

4.    A version of your thesis in English

5.    Any publications you may have.

6.    A research proposal (if you have one)

7.     A CV

8.    English language test results


Warning these requirements are subject to change, so, please do contact me directly, providing ALL  the above material.

Karl Reed’s Rsearch Interests..


You can see my publications,   honours projects     past PhD’s etc that I am active in a wide range of areas, BUT, i will have another supervisor involved, either from the Department, elsewhere in the University, or, some appropriate person from industry or another university

I look forward to hearing from you!