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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Postgraduate students are our future colleagues – let’s put ourselves in their shoes. Here are four ways to help your PhD students thrive in higher education We often think that postgraduate students ...

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 ...

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 ...

Doctoral researchers are often absent from university discussions around well-being support, writes Jenny Mercer. Here, she argues that their situation requires bespoke attention and sets out ways ...