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Do you need a mentor for a PhD?
Professional doctorate students are assigned a mentor after they’ve completed their coursework and once they’ve registered for dissertation. PhD students are assigned a mentor following satisfactory completion of their comprehensive exams and registration in dissertation.
How do I find a research mentor?
Talk to people. Talk to friends who are already doing research to get their advice about potential mentors. You may want to discuss this with your academic advisor or a professor or TA in one of your courses. Often they can give you ideas about faculty who are working within your area of interest.
How do I find a professor mentor?
Finding a research mentor
- Talk to faculty with whom you have taken a class.
- Talk to other students who have been engaged in research to learn about their experiences.
- Check out the Research at Dartmouth website for links to campus research centers, faculty research databases, and more.
What is a good PhD mentor?
Has an ability to provide constructive feedback in a supportive way that challenges graduate students to improve their skills and strive towards excellence. Gives appropriate feedback whenever there is a significant concern and provides guidance on the changes that are necessary.
How do you get the mentoring you want?
Contact your mentor at regular intervals (expectations vary by discipline and stage of study) to discuss your progress. Pursue additional training and experiences you need in order to achieve your professional goals. Show up for scheduled meetings on time.
How do you find faculty research?
Check departmental websites for up-to-date information on faculty research interests and publications. Visit departmental offices and request information from staff on faculty research interests and availability. The departmental graduate assistant can often be an especially good source of information.
How do I find a university mentor?
How to find a career mentor while you’re still in college
- Figure out what you want.
- Connect with upper classmen.
- Cozy up to a college professor.
- Network with alumni.
- Leverage your first internship.
- Reciprocate the relationship.
What is a PhD mentor?
The role of the PhD mentor is to provide guidance in the lab, help prepare for the end-of-year symposium and to approve monthly progress reports for students. Having a PhD mentor also contributes to building a community of researchers in Viterbi.
How do I find a good professor for a PhD program?
Look for professor biographies and CVs in the search results. Contact potential advisors. Send potential advisors an email to and ask if they have the experience and availability to you help you. You can even bounce some ideas off them.
How do you ask for a PhD advisor?
Send potential advisors an email to and ask if they have the experience and availability to you help you. You can even bounce some ideas off them. Introduce yourself as a PhD student (or potential PhD student, as the case may be) and indicate that you’re looking for research topics and problems in their field.
How can I find out who my graduate advisor is?
Universities often list their graduate students — both Master’s and PhD students — on the corresponding department’s web page along with an indication as to who their advisor is. If you wish to get more information about a specific advisor, contact one of these students about their experience working with the advisor you’re considering.
How do you introduce yourself as a PhD student?
Introduce yourself as a PhD student (or potential PhD student, as the case may be) and indicate that you’re looking for research topics and problems in their field. Ask, for instance, “I was thinking about conducting research on the Roman roots of English architecture.