PhD

A PhD is the highest academic degree awarded by universities, typically requiring several years of original research and culminating in a dissertation that contributes new knowledge to a specific field.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to recent controversies involving admissions, academic misconduct, and career choices related to the degree.

Latest on PhD

• Chinese boy abducted at 3 now gets direct admission to PhD program
• Chinese doctor with PhD leaves medical career to deliver food, pursue music part-time
• Chinese sisters’ 86-page expose accuses PhD supervisor of affair with dad, academic misconduct
• Student admits forging reference letter for PhD place at Education University
• Vietnamese lecturer turns her Chinese mastery into fully funded PhD scholarship
• China PhD student famous for Christopher Nolan interview accused of widespread plagiarism

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