Long considered the pinnacle of academic achievement, the PhD is now facing strong headwinds, including reduced federal support for jobs, research and graduate training.

A group of Harvard University alumni have committed $50 million to endow new PhD fellowships at the institution. They hope to ...

NYU Grossman School of Medicine’s Vilcek Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences offers PhD training in biomedical imaging.

Trump’s budget cuts could harm the pipeline for research and industry jobs — and send talented students to other countries.

STEM-OPT Visa Eligible: The STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT) program allows full-time, on-campus international students on an F-1 student visa to stay and work in the U.S. for up to three years ...

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 ...

Across the UK, Black students remain significantly underrepresented in doctoral programmes. This is despite years of widening participation policies and a growing awareness that the pathways into a ...

The College of Arts and Sciences at Drexel University is rapidly emerging as a nexus for liberal arts and scientific research, creative scholarship and civic engagement in Philadelphia, the nation and ...

A new graduate student workshop series, “Empowering Your Journey,” will take their place, but will not include the same first-generation, low-income support.

The Office of Graduate Studies is excited to invite graduate students to participate in our second annual Graduate Research Showcase! As part of our mission, the Office of Graduate Studies is driven ...