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Postgraduate students (Graduate study at ACFR)

The Australian Centre for Field Robotics (ACFR) is a centre of teaching and research consisting of 80 staff and students located in a stand-alone research centre in the University of Sydney campus. The ACFR undertakes research and development of large-scale field robotic systems. The Centre receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC), industry, private funds, and consulting and contracts. The ACFR is very well equipped with substantial electronics, mechanical fabrication and sensor development facilities.

Research areas

ACFR's objective is to develop both fundamental and applied research programs in field robotics that encompass the development of new theories and methods in robotics, and the deployment of these in targeted industrial applications. Further details can be found on the website under Research and Projects.

Prospective graduate students from electrical, mechanical and computer engineering disciplines are encouraged to apply. We also encourage applications from science and mathematics.

Funding

Our general policy is that all good applicants who are accepted to the program will be funded through a scholarship. However, prospective students are encouraged to apply for appropriate University scholarships. In particular, the following scholarships may be of interest (APA and IPRS rates will normally be topped-up by the ACFR):

  • Australian Postgraduate Awards (APAs) for Australian Citizens (closing dates are around October, and general requirements are for a first class undergraduate honours degree). Further information can be found the Research Office
  • for international students the IPRS scheme (pdf document) offers scholarships for outstanding students
  • for general applicants, ACFR will assess candidates and funding according to the competition in a given year (the number of scholarships we can offer is limited), and
  • also see information under Scholarships at ACFR.

At ACFR, students are not allocated to projects until they have been here for at least two months. This is to ensure that there is a good match between student abilities or interests and available projects and supervisors.

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Applications

You should talk to one of us before making an application. Here are some useful sites with other information and application forms:

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