What you need to do first is to find a suitable supervisor. If you get a suitable supervisor, then he /she will show the path.
IELTS
Along with your search for supervisor, you have to prepare for IELTS as IELTS is required for getting a scholarship and Australian visa. Minimum 6.5. Some universities need 7 or 7.5. The more is the score, the better than the chance of scholarship. The more is sugar, the sweeter it is.
Don’t be in a hurry to sit for IELTS. Take time to ensure a good score.
To get a supervisor in your field of interest you have to search the profiles of lecturers’ to professors’ in the field /subject/faculty/school in which you want to do PhD in the university websites.
Here is the link for all the universities of Australia:
Read the recently published papers of the teachers. Write a letter to the teacher if you find his work interesting. Don’t forget to mention that you have read this or that paper and want to do a PhD in that field. Read the conclusion or future direction very carefully. You may find a clue for writing a project proposal from this part.
Don’t send the same letter to all. You must give some hints that you have researched on his profile and studied his publications.
Don’t neglect lecturers as lecturers do supervise PhD students in Australia.
Time for Application
You can apply any time for PhD candidature. And applications are considered twice for the scholarship. For the July –August session, one needs to apply by May and for February session, one needs to apply by 30 September or 31 October depending on the university. Deadline varies with universities. You will be considered for the International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS). You may be considered for other scholarships available in the university you have applied.
Scholarships
If you get an offer letter for PhD, with it you can also apply for ALA and Endeavour scholarship. Advertisement for application for these scholarships will come in the Bangladeshi newspapers at the end of February or at the beginning of March or even earlier
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Details information for these scholarships are available in the link below :
http://www.australianscholarships.gov.au/
For theses scholarship too, you need IELTS score.
Master degree is not necessary
Don’t think that you need to complete a master degree to do a PhD in Australia. If you have completed or going to complete a 4-year bachelor degree with very good result (CGPA>3.5 or around 75% marks), you can apply for PhD and expect a scholarship.
Even if you don’t get a full scholarship, just tuition fee waiver, you can consider to do it for two reasons. Firstly, if you are a good manager of time, you can earn your living expense here from part-time jobs. Secondly, you can again apply and may get a scholarship in the next semester.
Other relevant skills
At the end when you are coming to Australia, be sure that you have good skill in driving a car whatever you are male or female. It will help you to live a little bit far from the city centre and save in house rent. Even you will have the opportunity to earn some living expenses in your free time.
If you go through the process systematically, you might end up in Australia within six months or a year.
