Saturday, 25 June 2016

graduate admissions - Unhappy with my PhD program in my home country, thinking about applying to another university in UK


My problem is a bit unusual and I would love to get some advice…


I'm a first year PhD student in social-sciences and I already got my proposal approved. I moved back to my home country (where I am currently doing a PhD) after completing an undergraduate and an MSc. I am very unhappy here.


I would like to have a future as an academic. The only reason I decided to a PhD in my home country and not abroad was because I was determined to try, stay, and make it work here, but recently I been thinking it was a mistake. I am thinking more and more about discontinuing my program here and applying for doctoral studies in the UK, as a new student (after a bit of online research I found that they rarely accept a transfer and it is best to start as a new student).


I would love to get your thoughts regarding my situation,





  1. I am considering sending an email to a potential supervisor but I am not sure how to explain why I want to drop-out of my current PhD program without talking my university down? How do you suggest I do that?




  2. Did anyone had a similar experience or have some advice?






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