Entrepreneurial PhD

Bring your invention or innovation to give it research-led quality, durability and scale. An Entrepreneurial PhD from University of Technology Sydney (UTS) 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 an industry professional or entrepreneur who wants to develop a high-impact initiative that contributes to social, economic or environmental good, then the Entrepreneurial PhD from University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is for you.

Key Facts

• You’re ready to develop a project and explore its commercial potential. But you need access to labs, data and experts to bring your idea to life. We’ll help you turn a commercial innovation or enterprise into reality, backed by original research.

• Be guided by experts -Industry and academic experts work with you to achieve your vision and support your research.

• 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.

• Tailor your PhD program -Get access to the training, skills, facilities and networks you need from the start by designing your program with your supervisors and faculty.

• 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.

• Work closely with your supervisor to develop a research program tailored to your interests which may include discipline-specific training, research skill uplift or industry placements.