OUS Royal Academy of Economics and Technology in Switzerland
Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil.)
Zürich, Switzerland
PhD
DURATION
6 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Key Summary
About: The Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) is a research degree: you choose a specialist area, write a thesis and defend it to a panel of experts. The program is fully online, includes an academic year of 12 months of theoretical study, allocates a research supervisor, is EQF Level 8, and is a pure research program with no assignments or exams; defense is by video conference or in Switzerland.
Career Outcomes: Graduates often move into academic and research roles such as university lecturer, postdoctoral researcher, principal investigator, and sector roles in R&D, policy analysis, research consulting and management. They value leadership.
The Doctorate of Philosophy (DPhil) is recognized worldwide as a research program. You will choose a specialist area of research, write a thesis based on your research and then complete a defense. At the defense, you will present, discuss and defend your research thesis to a panel of academic experts in the field.
This program is fully online. You will be allocated a research supervisor who will guide your research and you will communicate regularly with your supervisor by email and video conference. When your supervisor agrees that you are ready to defend your thesis, the defense will be by video conference with a panel of experts, although you may choose to come to Switzerland for the defense if you wish. This program is equivalent to EQF (European Qualifications Framework) Level 8 - Doctorate Level. In this program there are no assignments or exams, it is a pure research program. this is part of the Ph.D. program.
