Doctor of Philosophy in Natural, Mathematical, and Computational Sciences

1. Students will create and interpret new knowledge at a most advanced frontier of a field of work or study through original and advanced research of a quality to satisfy peer review, extend the forefront of the discipline and merit publication. 2. Students will communicate scholarly concepts clearly and unambiguously to specialised and non-specialised audiences. 3. Students will develop advanced abilities related to research methods and the conventions of appropriate, graduate-level writing. 4. Students will critically evaluate alternative approaches to solving key scholarly questions on the basis of academic scholarship and case studies, demonstrating reflection on social and ethical responsibilities. 5. Students will formulate scholarly judgments despite incomplete information by integrating knowledge and approaches from diverse domains including academic scholarly articles, verbal discussions, and original ideation and research. 6. Students will enquire critically into the theoretical strategies for handling key research questions. 7. Students will possess the most advanced and specialised skills and techniques to be able to conceptualise, design and implement a project for the generation of new knowledge or to solve critical problems or to refute or redefine existing knowledge 8. Students will formulate research-based solutions to scholarly questions in environments of incomplete information. 9. Students will manage decisions with autonomy in complex and unpredictable environments 10. Students will organise projects and people for scholarly discussions in a way that is responsive to the conventions of professional engagements. 11. Students will demonstrate learning skills needed to maintain continued, self-directed study. 12. Students will demonstrate authority, innovation, autonomy, integrity and personal responsibility in the production or development of innovative ideas or processes in the context of an academic discipline, field of study or area of professional practice