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This is the list of the fields of doctoral studies in the United States used for the annual Survey of Earned Doctorates, conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago for the National Science Foundation and other federal agencies, as used for the 2015 survey.
The first research doctorate was the doctor of philosophy, which came to the U.S. from Germany, and is frequently referred to by its initials of Ph.D. As academia evolved in the country a wide variety of other types of doctoral degrees and programs were developed.
A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; Latin: philosophiae doctor or doctor in philosophia) [1] is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research.
PhD students are usually discouraged from engaging in external employment during the course of their graduate training. As a result, PhD students at U.S. universities typically receive a tuition waiver and some form of annual stipend. [citation needed] The source and amount of funding varies from field to field and university to university.
The PhD was adopted in the UK following a joint decision in 1917 by British universities, although it took much longer for it to become established. Oxford became the first university to institute the new degree, although naming it the DPhil. [137] The PhD was often distinguished from the earlier higher doctorates by distinctive academic dress.
The other woman had posted that he was a PhD student who wore a green Rolex watch. The alleged victim contacted this woman, who then put her in touch with the police. Zhenhao Zou is standing trial ...
This is a list of Doctorate degree programs (PhD or professional doctorate [1]) with formal specializations / concentrations in Bioethics, by country.These may be dedicated degrees in Bioethics, or specializations within other disciplinary programs, such as philosophy, law or health sciences.
A young Chinese woman has described how she confronted a PhD student weeks after he allegedly raped her while she was drunk and unconscious in his south London home. The complainant, who cannot be ...