The following are the fields of research into which higher degree candidates may be considered for admission to Charles Sturt University. The codes are the standard FOR classification codes used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and the Australian Research Council (ARC) to classify research activity in Australia.

It is in these areas that the University has established research communities and cohorts of scholars, and around which it encourages applications from potential research students. Such areas provide particular depth of academic and research capability to offer quality research and research training opportunities to staff, students and communities, including partners in industry, the professions and the communities of inland Australia.

• Faculty of Arts

  The Arts

  • Performing Arts
  • Visual Arts

  Historical Studies

  • Australian History

  Journalism, Communication and Media

  • Media and Communication Studies

  Law Enforcement

  • Crime Prevention
  • Criminology

  Literature Studies

  • Australian Literature

  Philosophy and Religion

  • Philosophy
  • Professional and Applied Ethics
  • Religion and Religious Traditions

  Policy and Administration

  • Public Policy
  • Public Administration
  • Research, Science and Technology
  • Policy

  Psychology

  • Learning, Memory, Cognition and Language
  • Social and Community Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology and Ageing
  • Industrial and Organisational Psychology
  • Psychology

  Studies in Human Society

  • Anthropology
  • Human Geography
  • Human Services
  • Rural Social Studies
  • Sociology
  • Social Work
  • Other Studies in Human Society

• Faculty of Business

  Accounting

  • Financial Accounting
  • Management Accounting

  Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing

  • Pattern Recognition and Data Mining
  • Computer Vision
  • Adaptive Agents and Intelligent Robotics
  • Simulation and Modelling
  • Neural, Evolutionary and Fuzzy Computation

  Distributed Computing

  • Web Technologies
  • Distributed and Grid Systems

  Economics

  • Agricultural Economics
  • Environmental and Resource Economics
  • Industry Economics and Industrial Organisations

  Information Systems

  • Information systems management

  Management

  • Human Resources Management
  • Industrial Relations
  • International Business
  • Organisational Behaviour
  • Organisational Planning and Management

  Marketing

  • Consumer Behaviour
  • Product or Service Development
  • Marketing Management, Strategy and Relationship Marketing
  • Marketing Theory

  Numerical and Computational Mathematics

  • Numerical Analysis

• Faculty of Education

  Education for Rural/Regional Sustainability

  • Rural and Remote Education

  Education Studies

  • Curriculum Studies
  • Curriculum Theory, Development and Evaluation
  • Literacies, Numeracies and Multiliteracies
  • Mathematics Education
  • Child Development
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Educational Psychology
  • Inclusive and Special Education
  • Sociology of Education
  • Educational Policy and Administration
  • History of Education

  Human Movement Studies

  • Exercise Physiology
  • Physical Education

  Information Studies

  • Library and Information Studies
  • Teacher Librarianship

  Teacher Education and Professional Development

  Vocational Education and Training

• Faculty of Science

  Animal Production

  • Animal Husbandry
  • Animal Production

  Biochemistry and Cell Biology

  • Analytical Biochemistry
  • Biochemistry and Cell Biology

  Biological Sciences

  • Biochemistry and Cell Biology

  Chemical Sciences

  • Environmental Chemistry (including Atmospheric Chemistry)
  • Other Chemical Sciences

  Crop and Pasture Production

  • Plant Biochemistry and Physiology
  • Plant Protection (Pests, Disease and Weeds)
  • Agronomy
  • Crop and Pasture Production

  Ecology and Evolution

  • Freshwater Ecology (excluding Limnology)
  • Terrestrial Ecology
  • Palaeoecology

  Environmental Sciences

  • Wildlife and Habitat Management

  Geomatic Engineering

  • Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

  Horticulture

  • Oenology and Viticulture
  • Horticulture

  Industrial Biotechnology and Food Sciences

  • Fermentation, Biotechnology and Industrial Microbiology
  • Food Processing

  Manufacturing Engineering

  • Robotics and Mechatronics

  Medical Biochemistry and Clinical Chemistry

  • Clinical Chemistry

  Medical Microbiology

  Medical Physiology

  • Systems Physiology

  Microbiology

  Nursing

  Other Agricultural, Veterinary and Environmental Sciences

  • Fertilisers and Agrochemicals (Application, etc.)
  • Other Agricultural Sciences

  Public Health and Health Services

  Rural Management

  • Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Management

  Soil and Water Sciences

  • Soil Biology
  • Soil Chemistry
  • Soil Capability and Soil Degradation
  • Applied Hydrology (Drainage, Flooding, Irrigation, Quality, etc.)

  Veterinary Medicine