Bachelor of Science (Honours)
- Entry requirements: (1) Successful completion of an Australian Bachelor of Science (or equivalent) with at least distinction average (70 percent) in 24 points of level three units (or equivalent) in the intended honours discipline. (2) The level three units upon which admission to the Honours program is based must have been completed no more than five years prior to commencement of the course. (3) Applicants must also meet the English language requirements.
- There are two intakes per year (February and July intakes). Application for February intake will close in November and application for July intake will close in May/ June. The Honours topic list is updated in April for July intake and September for February intake. The tuition fee for the course can be found here.
- Achievement of the 70% average does not guarantee admission to Honours as in some disciplines there are limited projects available and/or competition for certain projects.
- Graduate Research Pathway Scholarship (GRPS) is available and the selection is based on academic merit. All Honours applications submitted by the application deadline will be assessed for GRPS eligibility. No separate application for GRPS is required.
- There is only February intake for Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Psychology. If your major is in Psychology, please contact the Department of Psychology for the application process and deadline (please refer to the Inquiries information below for the email contact).
- There are 6 honours research areas - Biotechnology, Food science and technology, Medical bioscience, Medicinal chemistry, Tropical environmental biology, and Psychology. For students majoring in applied microbiology/ genomics and bioinformatics in Bachelor of Science, you will select biotechnology as the honours research area. If your major is in Psychology, please contact the Department of Psychology for the application process and deadline (please refer to the Inquiries information below for the email contact).
- The 2023 honours prerequisites table explains what is the prerequisite study as per the intended discipline (please take note that the internship units- FST3800, MBS3800, and SCI3800 are excluded).
- If you are interested to pursue Bachelor of Science (Honours), you will apply in your final semester before the release of the final semester result. Please refer to the application deadline and application process below.
- If your final semester is in the summer semester, the next available intake is July intake.
- If you have pending results (e.g. deferred exam/ supplementary assessment/ exchange semester result) when the official result is released, your application will be rejected because we are unable to process your application without a complete official result.
- For international students, it is strongly advisable that you consult International Student Pass Office on student pass matters to study Bachelor of Science (Honours).
- Note: If you are interested to pursue Monash's Master of Science (Research), one of the entry requirements is to complete bachelor’s degree requiring at least four years of full-time study, and which normally includes a research component in the fourth year with upper H2B (a mark of 65 or above) in an honours year in a relevant field (please refer to the website for other entry requirements). This means that Bachelor of Science (Honours) is one of the entry requirements to Monash's Master of Science (Research).
Information for Monash students
Information for non-Monash students
We encourage students from outside of Monash to apply for Honours at Monash. Please refer to the application deadline below. Check the University undergraduate handbook for level three requirements for your discipline and seek advice from the Honours coordinator.
Application deadline (Feb intake 2024)
- 20 November 2023 for Non-Monash students and Graduated Monash students
- 27 November 2023 for Current Monash students (Semester 2, 2023 is your final semester)
How to apply?
- Refer to the February intake 2024 Honours Topics and contact the supervisors to discuss your potential honours project.
- Apply S3701 Bachelor of Science (Honours) online by creating an application account using your personal email address. In the application portal,
- Upload the complete Honours Project Form (Note: Please use PDF filler when completing the form).
- Upload supervisor approval email (Note: Please save the email in PDF format ONLY).
- For Non-Monash students only- Upload the required documents based on the Important Checklist (page 6) including course structure, academic grading scale, and detailed Year 3 syllabus (unit description, learning objectives, learning outcomes, assessment required, credit point, number of contact hours per week/ semester, weekly topics, and required reading/ textbook(s)).
Incomplete application will not be processed and applicant will need to apply for the next intake if application is not completed by the application deadline.
Policies and Procedures related to Bachelor of Science (Honours)
- Dr. Song Beng Kah (Honours Coordinator) - song.beng.kah@monash.edu
- AskMira (for Monash students) - https://askmira.monash.edu.my/tickets.php
- Email contact (non-Monash students) - scienceinquiries.my@monash.edu / malaysia.psychadmin@monash.edu (for Honours in Psychology)
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