Shape the future with an Entrepreneurial PhD
Bring your invention or innovation to UTS and give it research-led quality, durability and scale.
What is an Entrepreneurial PhD?
An Entrepreneurial PhD is designed to deliver high-impact research that can be commercialised or socialised to scale. Sitting at the frontier of innovation, your project can be amplified by working with industry and practice-based experts.
If you're looking to develop a high-value invention or enterprise backed by research, this program provides the labs, data and expert support needed to bring your vision to life.
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Is an Entrepreneurial PhD right for you?
This pathway could be right for you if you:
- have an invention or innovation you want to develop
- want to commercialise or scale research with real-world impact
- are interested in working with industry and practice-based experts
- want to create social, economic or environmental change
- are looking to build a high-value enterprise backed by research.
Why study an Entrepreneurial PhD?
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explore Be guided by experts
Work with academic, industry and practice-based experts to strengthen your research and accelerate your innovation.
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crowdsource Produce commercial research
Based on the market knowledge of you and your team, you’ll build commercial capacity into your research project from the very start.
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Develop your invention or innovation through original research with access to the labs, data and expertise needed to bring your vision to life.
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build Get startup training and support
Don't sweat if you've never founded a business, you'll get entrepreneurial training and free access to our UTS Startups community.
“At the end of your PhD, you’re able to create something that is unique and has value because you have properly vetted it over years. If I had done it in an individual setting, I would not have been able to achieve what I have.”
“At UTS during a PhD program, you actually have more freedom to learn, explore new things and play around. You’re given access to state-of-the-art technologies and really cool biotechnology resources as well as team expertise and lecturers at the university.”
Your entrepreneurial research journey
Step 1: Bring your idea
Start with an invention, innovation or enterprise you want to develop through research.
Step 2: Find your supervisors
Connect with academic supervisors and industry or practice-based experts who can help strengthen your research and innovation.
Step 3: Develop your research
Refine your research question and build a project that combines academic rigour with commercial or social impact.
Step 4: Apply
Prepare your application, supporting documents and research proposal, then apply for your Entrepreneurial PhD.
Step 5: Build your innovation
Access UTS labs, facilities, data and entrepreneurial support to develop, test and refine your invention or enterprise.
Step 6: Translate research into impact
Graduate with a PhD and research that is ready for commercialisation, entrepreneurship or real-world application.
Meet our supervisors
Some of our academics have been through the process of commercialising their research and supported PhD candidates to do so. If you meet a potential supervisor with interests similar to yours, express your interest in an Entrepreneurial PhD.
Ready to turn your idea into research?
Take the next step towards developing your innovation with the support of world-class researchers and UTS's entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Need advice?
The Graduate Research School can help you with questions about supervision, eligibility and the application process.