(Note that my experience is with US PhD process) I have not heard of someone doing a PhD remotely from day one. It is definitely not unheard of to be mostly re

(Note that my experience is with US PhD process) I have not heard of someone doing a PhD remotely from day one. It is definitely not unheard of to be mostly remote once you have mad some progress with you PhD. This can occur for example once you are writing your thesis, or due to an unexpected life event (such as your partner is starting a new job in a different state). Much like everything else with grad school, your experience will heavily depend on your advisor. As for part-time, this is a little more murky. Most advisors will not want to fund (tuition and stipend) someone doing PhD part time, due to the very likely scenario of your PhD taking a much longer time to complete. It is not uncommon to work part time while doing a PhD though (such as a few hours of contracting/consulting).