Due to the large number of enquiries, I post some advice about applying to take a PhD under my supervision here at the University of Canterbury.
I receive 70-100 enquiries for every PhD student I end up interviewing. A prerequisite for being considered is a Masters, or equivalent experience, in general relativity and/or theoretical cosmology. Prior relevant publications are an advantage. Prospective students must be successful in gaining a highly competitive UC Doctoral Scholarship. Even if interests align, I can only support one potential student's application in any year and must be highly selective.
Students interested in studying in similar areas in New Zealand might consider other potential supervisors from the New Zealand Astrostatistics and General Relativity Working Group.
This applies to the PhD only. MSc students who are not New Zealand permanent residents must pay foreign student fees, and there are no scholarships available to pay such fees. Those who have external funding should apply to do a MSc or Postgraduate Diploma in Science by course work in the first instance. Applications at the University of Canterbury are through our Graduate School.
The number of emails I receive is growing with time as a power law (greater than linear). Regardless of how many I have time to delete, respond to or move to other folders, my Inbox is also growing at a similar rate. A few years ago my Inbox was at 100 - 300 emails. One year ago on 22 September 2022, it was several hundred. At 22 September 2023 it was 3078, of which 2799 were received in the previous 12 months. By 17 March 2024 it was 5542, of which 4847 were received in the previous 12 months. It is no longer physically possible for me to even send a form letter to reply to all queries. Thus I apologise if you receive no reply from me.
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