A Doctorate is the highest academic degree awarded by universities in most fields of study. It involves several years of rigorous research, culminating in a dissertation that contributes new knowledge ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

A Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at UMass Lowell prepares students to become leaders in research, innovation, and advanced engineering practice. Doctoral students collaborate with world-class faculty ...

The Department of Communication at the University of Delaware offers a doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) degree that allows students to continue to build their knowledge about the field of communication ...

As fall rapidly approaches, incoming doctoral students are preparing to begin new graduate programs by embarking on coursework, engaging in research and connecting with peers and faculty. Selecting ...

The JD-Ph.D. Program is for those students who intend to pursue an academic career and whose research and teaching will be enriched by both the JD and Ph.D. degrees. The program is designed to allow ...

The Saint Louis University Graduate Programs in Biomedical Sciences is made up of three programs: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Molecular Microbiology and Immunology; and Pharmacology and ...

Complaints about the lack of attention to teaching in Ph.D. programs are legion — mainly about the perceived disconnect between what we are trained to do in graduate school and what we are expected to ...

The Boston College Computer Science Department will offer a new doctoral program that will welcome its first cohort of degree candidates in the fall of 2026—a move that will expand the department’s ...

Because our PhD candidates complete extensive individualized research, we want you to complete your degree with the fewest possible interruptions, thus allowing you to move on to industry or academia ...

The Schusterman Center for Israel Studies (SCIS), founded in 2007, is dedicated to promoting exemplary teaching and scholarship in Israeli politics, literature, the arts, history, culture, law, ...

With internationally recognized faculty and a strong commitment to its graduate program, the Department of Applied Mathematics at CU Boulder strives to provide graduate students a high quality ...