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PhD in USA – A Guide for 2020/21

A PhD in USA takes 5-6 years, costs between $12-45k per year and has a different structure to UK and EU PhDs. Find out if a US PhD is for you!

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Professional doctorates are advanced postgraduate degrees that combine taught components with independent research in a student's area of expertise. Find out what they involve.

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Read our exclusive interviews with past and current PhD students to find out what it’s like to do a PhD.

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Sammy Chapman

Sammy is a second year PhD student at Cardiff Metropolitan University researching how secondary school teachers...

Guy Cameron

Guy is in the 3rd and final year of his PhD in Immunology and Microbiology at...

Frances Boreham

Frances recently completed her PhD at the University of Bristol. Her research investigated the causes and...

Henry Powell-Davies

Henry is in the first year of his PhD in the Cronin Group at the University...

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Dr Emily Roberts

Dr Roberts gained her PhD from Duke University in 2014 in the field of biomedical engineering....

Dr Harry Hothi

Dr Hothi gained his PhD in Orthopaedic Engineering from Queen Mary University of London in 2012....

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Alex Fitzpatrick

Alex is a PhD student at the University of Bradford researching ritual and funerary rites in...

Jay Dave

Jay is in the third year of his PhD at Savitribai Phule Pune University, researching the...

Dr Michael Norman

Dr Norman gained his PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of East Anglia...

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Dr Rowan Hooper

Dr Hooper gained his PhD in evolutionary biology from the the University of Sheffield. He is...

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PhD in Geographical and Earth Sciences : Tracking the evolution of C-complex asteroids using carbonates

University of Strathclyde
Strathclyde, Scotland
Project Description This project will explore the evolution of C-complex asteroids during....
  • Self Funded

Attributing Extreme Weather Events to Climate Change: Practices, Perceptions and Policies

University of Manchester
Manchester, England
Project Description “Climate change means more extreme weather” is a common headline.....
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