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While it is likely possible to do the work required for a PhD remotely, I am unsure that an advisor would wish to mentor a remote PhD student. Finding an adviso
by abcc8 7y ago
While it is likely possible to do the work required for a PhD remotely, I am unsure that an advisor would wish to mentor a remote PhD student. Finding an advisor willing to work with you (as well as school willing to admit you remotely) are likely to be the biggest barriers to such an endeavor.
- jamessb 7y agoYes. It is definitely possible to do a PhD part-time: many universities offer part-time PhD programs, and I know people who have done this. Doing it part-time and remotely is harder: even if a university allows this, an individual academic might (quite-understandably) not want to supervise a student on this basis. I do know of one person who successfully completed a PhD at London South Bank University whilst living in Canada: he traveled to London a few times for physical meetings with his supervisor, and had more frequent electronic communications with them. He also had the advantage that the subject of this thesis was related to what he was doing in his job.