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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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What is a Research Assistant?

Research assistants are employed by research institutes to assist with academic or private research. Find out all you need to know about the role.

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What are Professional Doctorates?

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.

PhD Student and Postdoc Experiences

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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Dr Amina Aitsi-Selmi

Dr Aitsi-Selmi gained her social epidemiology PhD from UCL in 2013. She now runs a private...

Frances Boreham

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

Dr Sherran Clarence

Dr Clarence gained her PhD in Higher Education Studies from Rhodes University, South Africa in 2013....

Priya Pollard

Priya's a 1st year PhD student University College Dublin. Her project involves investigating a novel seaweed-ensiling...

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Prof Debby Cotton

Prof Cotton gained her DPhil in the school of education at Oxford University. She is now...

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Dr Ben Britton

Dr Britton gained his DPhil in material science research at Oxford University in 2010. He is...

Elpida Vounzoulaki

Elpida is about to start her third year of PhD research at the University of Leicester....

Jay Dave

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

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Daniel Hernandez

Daniel is a third year PhD student at the University of York. His research is based...

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Dr Rowan Hooper

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

Featured PhDs

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Recent PhDs

Quality Assessment for Light-Field Imaging

Kingston University
Kingston, England
Project Description Among the recent media modalities enabling better immersive viewing experiences....
  • Self Funded

Improved Understanding of The Vaiont Landslide Based on Refined Modelling Using Updated Geological Information

Kingston University
Kingston, England
Project Description The Vaiont landslide occurred in 1963 in northern Italy and....
  • Self Funded

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