The core research priorities of the School are Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia and the Southwest Pacific.
Research includes strategic and defence studies, archaeology.
Most are enrolled in the full-time course, which takes from three to four years of research to complete. In addition to PhD programs, the Department of International Relations provides a Master's degree program . In addition, the ANU encourages arrangements enabling staff of other Australian universities to conduct full-time research here for periods of one to three years. This page last modified on November 15, 2000.