Over the past decade, Macquarie University has firmly established itself as a leader in research training, making this Dual PhD arrangement an ideal opportunity for students to gain high-quality international academic experience.

Colloaborative international programmes with Macquarie University, Sydney, are:

• co-created;
• co-supervised;
• co-funded;
• split-site; and
• co-award PhDs.

Each Dual PhD project is developed individually by the lead co-supervisors from each institution and advertised by their respective Faculties on University and other recruitment websites. 

The University's formal arrangement with Macquarie has resulted in 34 collaborative PhD programmes since 2018, either ongoing or successfully completed, across all of the Bristol faculties. Both universities signed a renewed, institutional-level, Cotutelle Agreement in April 2023, which will continue to fund further post-graduate research students until 2027.