Is a PhD for me?
Thinking about PhD study? Unsure what potential supervisors are looking for? What does the application process for a PhD look like?
The University of St Andrews Careers Centre and St Leonard’s Postgraduate College warmly invite current matriculated undergraduate and postgraduate (taught) students to this in-person ‘Is a PhD for me?’ panel event, which will seek to provide an overview of PhD study (whether at St Andrews or elsewhere), and aim to answer some of the most pressing questions regarding PhD study. There will be time set aside to take questions from the audience. A draft programme of the session is provided below:
Friday 3 November 2023, 1.45pm to 3.30pm
Location: Room 109C – Muir (Seminar Room 2), Old Burgh School, St Andrews
| Speaker | Topic | Duration |
| Careers Centre | Introduction/session overview | 5 minutes |
| Professor Malcolm White, School of Biology | – What supervisors are looking for – Applications tips/applying to St Andrews |
20 minutes |
| Dr Matteo Fumagalli, School of IR | – What supervisors are looking for – Scottish Graduate School of Social Science overview – Application tips/applying to St Andrews |
20 minutes |
| Dr Elodie Laügt, School of Modern Languages | – What supervisors are looking for – Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities overview– Application tips/applying to St Andrews |
10 minutes |
| Dr Kostas Zafeiris, St Leonard’s College | – St Leonards College overview
– PG Student experience in St Andrews |
10 minutes |
| Audience Q&A | Q&A | 20 minutes or until Close of event |
Doors will be open from 1:45pm aiming to begin at 2pm.
Places for this in-person panel event may be limited, so sign up through CareerConnect to reserve your place!