Hello,

I would like to ask how to proceed in the future for a part-time PhD. How to go now next? Should I research for a topic in the internet and make a PhD proposal and then make a connection with the professor of the department at a university (This way for sure would require sometime to be established) OR I can immediately contact the professor and ask him for a proposal or ideas and then make a proposal once the professor says that a topic X is for interest of him?

Note that I look at the department website and saw many topic but unclear if they are still exist or may not up-to-date information

Any help in this direction
Many thanks!

Hello everyone,

I would like to do a part-time PhD in the field of engineering and computer science, at the moment I am working at a company full time. In my opinion, a PhD research in the engineering and computer science would require to access some tools and measurement devices at the university and because it is a part-time PhD, this would be a problem which could face to initiate a PhD? OR someone could go to the simulation level where no tools are required?

I would like to ask those students who face such issue (part-time study with tools accessing) and to share their experiences and solutions in this thread.

Many thanks!

Thank you for your replies. Yes it would be very challenging but in my opinion the way worth it for it. I think at the end if someone needs some years he can switch from part-time to full-time easily or would be that fixed once the PhD is initiated?

Best regards

Hello,

I am very interested to do a PhD study and I am working now in the industry field but I am willing to do a part-time PhD in the UK. My question is: If I conducted a part-time PhD successfully, will the part-time statement be mentioned in the certificate or the final certificate will be same like full-time PhD, so no one could recognize if it was full or part time PhD study?

With best regards