Questions tagged [phd]
Questions about the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree, including requirements such as dissertations and university programs leading to a Ph.D.
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Is there generally a relationship between a dept's research grant numbers and the teaching loads they give PhD students?
To me, one of the most important factors that differentiates a good PhD program in the US and a bad one is the teaching expectations placed on the student. In some departments, PhD students are ...
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How to read when the professor changes mind and rejects you [closed]
In my PhD program, I would like to go abroad to visit a foreign university, and ideally engage in research there.
The thing is, I have met a relatively famous professor, who has agreed, in-person, ...
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CV: list remote visiting PhD student position
I am a PhD student from Europe. I was supposed to spend a few months in the US to work on a research project. Due to personal issues (mental health), I decided to come back to Europe after just a few ...
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Can my former PhD supervisor publish my research work without my permission?
I have been working as a research assistant at one of the U.S universities for 4 year. Generally, I was not in a good relationship with my PhD supervisor. After the graduation, I found that my PhD ...
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Copyright for PhD Thesis? [closed]
Which of the following copyrights is most suitable for a PhD thesis and how do each of them restrict the use of the ideas presented in the thesis?
1. Copyright © [Year], [My Name]. All Rights Reserved....
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Doing a PhD in a slightly different department than research focus?
So I have been offered an amazing fully-funded PhD to do a project that I love, with lovely, supportive supervisors and the opportunity to work closely with a non-academic partner in a way that will ...
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How do you respond to people who say pure mathematics has less value than applied mathematics because "it doesn't have any practical application"?
I'm a Math PhD student in pure math. Many times I have encountered people who just doesn't value pure math or does not see the beauty of pure math. Most of the time these are those people who haven't ...
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What do you think of some journals with high IF, but not famous?
As a PhD student, I always go through many journals and found out that some journals have a high IF, but mostly they achieved it because they do not publish many papers per year. One example in my ...
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How to know root dimensions of any concept [closed]
Basically I want to know the different dimension or aspect that always exists for a concept, event, situation etc.
We all have seen that concept have different dimension like it's social dimension, ...
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Will an error in one of my publication affect the outcome of my PhD defense?
I'm a PhD student in physics in a European country. I'm about to have my PhD defence in about 6 weeks. I have 3 published papers and one manuscript ready for submission. My thesis is also finished (...
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My PhD supervisor is doing nothing and is probably involved in academic misconduct. What should I do?
I am in the third year of my PhD and so far I have published one paper in top tier journal. I did all the work by myself. However after I finished everything, my supervisor told me that he would ...
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Internship as a Chemistry PhD student [closed]
I am going to start my PhD in Chemistry this fall, and I am quite clear about moving into the industry after my degree. My offer letter states that I am not allowed to pursue any external employment, ...
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Vicious academic circle [closed]
I received some answers in this thread, but there are new ones that I would like to discuss with the academic community.
A little less than a year ago I received my PhD degree. By this time, my ...
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Bad "breakup" with supervisor. What do I do?
Throughout the completion of my master's thesis, my supervisor suggested that we continue on to a doctoral program together. And after successfully defending my masters thesis, he requested weekly ...
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Does your areas of research matter for graduate school?
I know research is important for a Ph.D. program, but I'm wondering if research in a not-very-related field is still as useful?
For example, in the past I've done research in bioinformatics. I'm ...
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Is it unethical to change my plan for PhD for another PhD program after committing by the deadline?
Last year I got into a physics PhD program at university A in the US, and now I'm doing a one-year master's program at university B (which has a much higher ranking) by deferring a year at A. A is ...
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Will studying for another master's degree in a PhD program be bad for my future PhD applications?
I am a physics student who completed my bachelor's degree at a US university last year. I got accepted into their PhD program and deferred a year to come to a UK university to complete a 9-month ...
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Should I mention on my resume that I've been enrolled in a PhD program when applying to a new one?
This question is related to, but slightly different from, this one.
I'm currently in a PhD program in electrical engineering in the US. I've been in this PhD program since 2021 (3 years). After ...
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How will the academic boycot of Israel (BDS) influence my career if I get a PhD in Israel?
I'm considering doing a PhD in the social sciences at an Israeli university. My research will not be conflict-focused, and I'm not sure yet whether it will have a local component. I would likely do ...
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Applying to PhD programs with only 3 years of undergrad in the US
I am an undergraduate at UC Berkeley majoring in statistics. I can graduate in three years because of high school credits. I originally thought I should add another major or just take lots of extra ...
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Lecturers in my department presenting on a similar topic to me
Last year I presented my PHD topic at a conference and some lecturers from my university attended. This year I am presenting at the same conference. I can see the lecturers are again also attending ...
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Will Israeli Military Service Affect My Chances of a Physics Master's Program?
I'm currently studying for a bachelor's degree in physics and computer science in Israel, after which I will enroll into the military (due to Israel having mandatory military service). I will most ...
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Giving up fully-funded phd offers for masters? [closed]
I am a senior undergraduate student double majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics.
My current research interests are in turbulence, dynamical systems, and data-driven methods. This year, I'...
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How do I deal with crying in front of my supervisor?
I just started my PhD two months ago and I am already feeling stressed out. I don't know how to find a research gap and I'm also not good at communicating or explaining anything. My supervisor told me ...
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Is it okay to ask your undergraduate final project supervisor for a letter of recommendation for Phd admissions?
She will be my third referee. First one is my Master's thesis supervisor and the second was my masters co-supervisor, both phds. The person in question has just recently undergone her phd proposal ...
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Three years gap between Master's and PhD and no article
I am a 31 year old international student. I applied for a PhD position in one of the top Australian universities. I’ll interview by Skype next week. I have a three year gap between my Master's and ...
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Should I write a monograph for myself?
My dissertation is going to be a thesis by publication. I am going to publish a couple of papers and put those into one document with a couple of leading words (another 20 pages or so) and this is ...
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Is a recommendation letter from my PhD advisor unethical? [closed]
After finishing my Ph.D, I asked my advisor to provide me a recommendation letter for a possible future application, and they replied: "according to my standards it is unethical to provide ...
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Informing my potential PhD supervisor about an offer from another PhD program
Last year, I reached out to several potential PhD advisers as I prepare for my PhD applications. One of the potential supervisors (let's call him supervisor A) with ties to the industry responded and ...
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Emailing supervisor after applying for phd to discuss about research problem and funding
I had contacted a potential supervisor regarding phd position in his lab. He was interested in my profile and advised me to apply for the program. I have applied for the program and informed him about ...
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Contacting a potential PhD advisor
I am a senior who is graduating in December 2020. In May, I contacted a potential PhD advisor at my own university, and he was interested enough to offer early admission (in Spring as opposed to Fall)....
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Does it matter where you got your bachelor's degree when applying to PhD? [duplicate]
I did my bachelor's degree at an unknown school and got a very decent GPA. I picked it randomly and am now regretting that did not opt for a better school, although I had an opportunity.
Currently I ...
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Post-doc vs Research Fellow on CV after Phd thesis submission
I submitted my PhD thesis in February, and now I'm a research fellow for 1 year at an Italian university. I will defend my PhD thesis in summer. In the meantime, I'd like to apply for some jobs so I'm ...
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Advice on Picking Grad School with Goal of Getting Academic Job at Small College
I am a student looking to pursue an academic career in computer science. I enjoy doing research and understand that is a big part of getting tenure and jobs. Importantly, I also very much enjoy ...
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When is the right time to inquire about the status of my manuscript after second round of revisions?
After resubmitting my manuscript following revisions for the second time, when should I contact the journal? Here is a timeline of the process thus far:
First submission: March 2023
Request for major ...
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What does count as "something new" in the field for PhD?
I am doing PhD in AI field mainly in natural language processing (NLP). My supervisor has told that I have to contribute something new to the field.
I started doing some trials in improving one case ...
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Becoming a professor at a liberal arts college with H1B visa
I am an international student on an F-1 visa in the United States and planning to pursue a PhD in mathematics. I've been looking into career options after graduation, and lots of people from my ...
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Structuring Cumulative Dissertation "Framework" Chapter
I have completed all the requirements of my PhD and I will now write the accompanying "framework" chapter. I am at a German University, and my work is on political science. According to my ...
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Not having a reference from my supervisor
I was working as a research assistant in Germany for 3 years in the field on cell and molecular biology to write a doctoral thesis at the end of the project. But unfortunately, my supervisor was very, ...
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Do German company sponsored Ph.D. students deserve the Ph.D. title? [closed]
Do German company-sponsored Ph.D. students deserve the Ph.D. title?
I recently came across a post on social media that there's a BMW employee who got accepted to the BMW Ph.D. Program Promotion.
So ...
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Changing Ph.D. supervisor or changing (applying for a new) PhD project
I have moved abroad to do a PhD in Europe (in a STEM field). Currently, I am in my second year, and I have realised that my supervisor has little to no knowledge about the fields (simulations and ...
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Does the German PhD system, wherein supervisors examine their students' theses, lead to a conflict of interest?
I understand that in Germany, a PhD student's thesis is (almost?) always examined by their (two) supervisor(s) (and that a further examiner is only called in in the case where both examiners award the ...
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What should advisors do if one of their PhD students has to withdraw?
Unfortunately, there are circumstances when not everything goes right in a student's PhD career, or there can be personal circumstances that require doctoral candidates to withdraw from a PhD program ...
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Should I wait to apply for Ph.D in Machine Learning - US/Canada
I'm a 4th year CS and Stats student with a 3.86/4.00 GPA in the US and about to graduate soon. I want to apply to top-35 ML Ph.D. program in the US. As we all know, ML Ph.D. has become insanely ...
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Would receiving an award from a recognised conference in the field boost my future academic career?
I have been nominated for a community contribution award alongside another professor in our field, this is a nomination for serving our research community (scientific activities). The conference is ...
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What should be the standard procedure for covering the expense in the case of independent research publications for a PhD student?
I am preparing an independent research paper to publish in an open access peer-reviewed journal.
Independent means: my PhD supervisor doesn't have any contribution in this. Since my supervisor doesn't ...
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Coming back to finish my PhD after 4 years
Four years ago, I withdrew from my Ph.D. program for several reasons. I had passed all exams and only needed to write and present my disertation, I had a 4.0 GPA, several publications under my belt ...
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Does the prestige of a master's program affect your chances for a top PhD (math)?
I'm applying to masters programs in math, in the US. My goal is a PhD, but multiple circumstances make it such that I'm not a competitive applicant.
I have the choice between a few programs, but I'm ...
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Coming up with a PhD Research Topic after 10 years away from academics
I am looking at going back to University after almost 10 years in the Corporate World (I am exploring a PhD in Business and Quantitative Methods in Spain...line of Research is in "Innovation, ...
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Pursuing a PhD in quantum computing [closed]
I'm looking for a PhD in Quantun Computing, but I don't know how or where can I achieve that. Currently I'm in Chile finishing my Bs. degree in physics. I also want to know if there is any ...
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