I need advice and information about the postgraduate courses that I can take up in Australia. My options are open to MRes, MPhil and PhD.

Which one would be better if I have time considerations? Because PhD might take too long and I am planning to find a job and settles in 2-3 years max.

I am an Indian citizen with an engineering degree and a Master of Science degree from Uni of London.

I also need advice on funding and basically the entire procedure on how to go about this whole thing.

I think your open options are all not really suitable. Where is the point in doing a MRes or MPhil if you already hold a Master Degree? If you plan to settle in 2-3 years a PhD is also no option. I think in the ideal case you can maybe finish in 3 years but there are only a few students who do so. Most take rather 4 years.

Why don't you just find a job now? I don't think that a PhD is so beneficial for an engineer ...career-vise

For the last part: Just apply for funded PhD positions that are available for internationals. If you get a position, they will tell you how the procedure at the university works. I don't see any other options. Personally, I would never do a non-funded PhD or something part-time that I have to fund by working and I think that is also not an option for you, as part-time would take you up to 8 years

Hi Meghana

Somewhat spookily, we've just published an updated guide to Masters study in Australia over at FindAMasters.com:

I'm not sure if this will help you decide between the merits of different qualifications (that's really a more general question) but it may help answer some specific queries about studying 'downunder'.