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Julia Shapiro is a student at Virginia Tech pursuing a PhD in Mathematics. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the University of Buffalo in May 2022 then completed her Master ...

A chance for an open conversation with some of our faculty, including our focus area leads, about aspects of working and studying in the Smead Aerospace PhD program, and a chance to ask faculty ...

Candidates for the PhD in International Economics and Finance at Brandeis International Business School come from a wide variety of backgrounds. Both my peers at Brandeis and those in earlier PhD ...

Students in our PhD programs are encouraged from day one to think of this experience as their first job in business academia—a training ground for a challenging and rewarding career generating ...

Graduate work in general—and doctoral work specifically—can be a narrowing experience rather than a broadening one. Yes, we learn more and gain new skills, but do we take the opportunity to expand how ...

If you’re hiring in a science, technology or engineering industry, you’ve probably seen an increasing number of candidates with PhDs cross your desk. That’s not a fluke. In engineering, most PhDs now ...

Linda Nordling is a freelance journalist in Cape Town, South Africa. This article is the third in a short series discussing the results of Nature’s 2025 PhD survey. The next article will focus on ...

Doctoral researchers report higher levels of stress and are at an elevated risk of mental ill health compared with undergraduates and the wider population. This is due not to pre-existing mental ...