To Prospective Students

I always look for students who want to pursue Ph.D. degree in electronic engineering and telecommunications at the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, ACT, Australia. If you are highly self-motivated with a solid background in communications and/or signal processing, as well as a strong grounding in mathematical skills, please send me an email (nan.yang@anu.edu.au) entitled "PhD Student Application" together with your CV and academic transcripts. Please kindly note that I may not respond to your email if no CV and academic transcripts are provided.

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Please kindly check out my research interests and recent publications before contacting me. 

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The information of scholarships provided by ANU can be found via this page. If you are interested in applying through the support of China Scholarship Council (CSC), please visit the ANU-CSC scholarship page and pay attention to that the deadline for the next ANU-CSC Scholarship is 1 December for intakes beginning the following year.

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Why choosing ANU for PhD study? ANU is consistently ranked among the top 50 universities in the world. According to 2023 QS World University Rankings, ANU is ranked 1st in Australia and 30th in the world. ANU is located in Canberra - the capital city of Australia. ANU has its main round of PhD scholarship applications due in April (domestic and international), August (international) and October (domestic). In addition to the university scholarship, individual academic staff often have research fund available to support extra scholarships which may be offered anytime throughout the year. The scholarship is at the rate of AUD$34,000 per annum tax free. The typical duration of a full-time PhD study at ANU is 3 - 4 years. No coursework is required (which is common in Australia). Teaching assistant duties are optional and will be offered with extra payment. Apart from the scholarship, ANU provides generous funding to PhD students to support conference travels and overseas university visits.