哲学博士（PhD）提供了与经验丰富的监督研究团队合作的机会，从而为学科知识做出了重大而独特的贡献。博士候选人的研究必须展现出很高的批判能力和想象力以及综合能力，并可能以新知识或对现有知识的重大和原始改编，应用和解释的形式加以证明。这项世界一流的计划为关键探究提供了基础，并欢迎合作和跨学科的研究项目。教育学院的研究学生得到各种服务的支持，包括培训和发展，参加会议的财务支持以及通过QUT数字存储库获得研究成果的机会。
The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) offers the opportunity to work with an experienced supervisory research team to make a significant and original contribution to disciplinary knowledge. A PhD candidate's research must reveal high critical ability and powers of imagination and synthesis and may be demonstrated in the form of new knowledge or significant and original adaptation, application and interpretation of existing knowledge. This world-class program provides a basis for critical inquiry and welcomes collaborative and interdisciplinary research projects. Research students in the Faculty of Education are supported by a variety of services, including training and development, financial support to attend conferences, and opportunities to gain exposure for research findings through the QUT Digital Repository.