Category: Graduate Programs
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Graduate Admissions in the AI Era
Are applicants to your graduate program using AI to create their admissions materials? Do you know? How? And what, if anything, should your department…
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New: Doctoral Program in Applied Ontology
The University at Buffalo Department of Philosophy is launching what will be the first PhD program in applied ontology.
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Have You Been Offered $60,000 to Accept a Student into Your PhD Program?
Alex Guerrero, professor of philosophy at Rutgers University, received an unusual email the other day.
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Prospective Student Visits: Lodging, Transportation, etc.
A professor writes in with some questions that arose during the recent season of graduate admissions.
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New: Free MA Program in Philosophy
The University of Leipzig is launching a new, tuition-free English-language Master of Arts program in philosophy.
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Placement, Program Ratings, Student Comments, and Keywords: an APDA Update (guest post)
What’s the latest data about philosophy graduate programs?
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Georgetown Philosophy Suspends PhD Admissions for Fall 2026
The Department of Philosophy at Georgetown University will not be accepting any PhD students for the 2026-2027 academic year.
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New: Online Master’s Program in Applied Ontology
The University at Buffalo is launching a fully online program in applied ontology.
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Harvard Cuts PhD Admissions
Harvard University is drastically cutting the number of PhD students it is admitting over the next two years.
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Which Philosophy Grad Programs Are Accepting Fewer or No Applications for Next Year?
A reader says she has heard rumors of some departments of philosophy deciding to not accept any applications to their graduate programs, or to…
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A Collection of Advice for Graduate Students
There’s a lot of advice floating around online for graduate students, but it can be hard to find, and hard for newbies to judge…
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Why Do Philosophy PhD Programs Even Exist? (guest post)
What is the point of a philosophy PhD program?
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USC Tells Philosophy Department It Cannot Honor All of Its Offers of Admission This Year
The Department of Philosophy at the University of Southern California (USC), like many departments, sends out offers of admission to its PhD program to…
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New Edition of “Gourmet” Philosophy PhD Program Rankings
The 2024 edition of the Philosophical Gourmet Report (PGR) has been published.
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Boston University Suspends PhD Admissions in Philosophy & Other Fields (updated)
Boston University (BU) has suspended admissions to PhD programs in a dozen departments in its College of Arts and Sciences, including philosophy, according to…
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First-Year “Proseminars” in Philosophy Grad Programs
Many philosophy graduate programs have a course all of their first-year students are supposed to take together. They go by different names at different…
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Grad Program Data: Climate, Mental Health, Employment, Demographics
What do current and former graduate students think of the culture in their graduate programs? Are they satisfied with its climate? With how diverse…
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The Philosophical Rasika Report
Interested in getting a PhD specializing in Indian Philosophy? The “Philosophical Rasika Report” offers some guidance.
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Surviving Graduate School in Philosophy — a Guide
“When I was just starting graduate school in philosophy, I had a lot of questions.”
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Winter Schools in Philosophy 2024-2025
In the past Daily Nous has had posts collecting information about summer schools in philosophy (for example). A graduate student in philosophy has now…