The Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours)(Asian Studies), known as the PhB, is an exciting new research-focused degree at the ANU. It is an integrated program leading to an Honours award and is designed for intellectually ambitious students who aspire to study at the highest level.

The PhB is flexible in its structure, with your program determined each year in collaboration with your individual academic advisor. You will acquire advanced Asian Language skills or enhance those you already have. You will specialise in areas such as Asian History; Contemporary Asian Societies; Asian Politics and International Relations; Asian Religions; or Security Studies. If you are studying the Japanese language you may also specialise in Japanese Linguistics. With the agreement of your academic advisor, you may choose to specialise in a cognate discipline from another Faculty.

One quarter of your studies in the first three years will consist of individually tailored advanced studies courses specifically designed to provide you with a strong base in research.In these courses, you might undertake a reading course or literature review with a world leading academic or assist researchers in the advance of knowledge. In the fourth year you will undertake an Honours year centred a topic agreed collaboratively between you and your advisor.

To qualify for this degree, you will need to complete all of the course requirements, normally at High Distinction level, and complete the Honours year with first class honours. After your completion of the equivalent of each 48 units for the degree, the Faculty will determine whether your level of performance warrants you remaining in the degree program. It will be possible to transfer to another undergraduate degree program of the Faculty and receive credit for work successfully completed in the PhB.

Your program draws on the Asia research expertise from the Faculty of Asian Studies, the Faculty of Arts, the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, the Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government and other relevant areas of the ANU.

• A minimum UAI/ENTER of 99 or an equivalent (for example, success in another high-quality degree or an exceptional performance (normally High Distinction grades) for at least one complete year of study at an Australian university.
• The Faculty of Asian Studies will impose an annual quota on the number of enrolments.
• Selection will involve a detailed consideration of the academic record to ensure that the student will be able to cope with the demands of the compulsory Advanced Studies courses. Interviews and school recommendations may be used as selection instruments.