This article is the first in a series discussing the results of Nature’s 2025 PhD survey. The next will look at what doctoral candidates wish they’d known when they set out on their degrees. The ...

When I enrolled for a part-time PhD in 2016, it was for flexibility and financial reasons. I was working as a music tutor across Cardiff and South Gloucestershire, UK , teaching violin, flute and fife ...

Callie Wynn is studying medical ailments for astronauts that also have implications for millions of people here on Earth. A second-year aerospace PhD student at the University of Colorado Boulder, ...

A 25-year-old PhD student at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi was found dead in his hostel room on Wednesday, June 5. Ayush Singhal, who was pursuing a PhD in Biomedical Engineering, had ...