The University at Buffalo Department of Philosophy is launching what will be the first PhD program in applied ontology. . It will be a fully online, asynchronous program, and it will enroll students starting this fall. A press release from the University contextualizes applied ontology in terms of its importance for the development and use of artificial intelligence: How artificial intelligence…

Alex Guerrero, professor of philosophy at Rutgers University, received an unusual email the other day. It was from the American Advanced Educational Association (AAEA), and it concerned an “opportunity to collaborate… in Ph.D. recruitment.” They write: Here is how our process typically works: We pre-screen prospective students based on your specified criteria. We send you the candidate’s CV for…

A professor writes in with some questions that arose during the recent season of graduate admissions. They write: How are departments putting up their prospective graduate students during visits? Are they housing them with current grad students? In a hotel? In a hotel with other prospective students? An AirBnB? With faculty? Making them figure it out themselves? To these questions we might add…

The University of Leipzig is launching a new, tuition-free English-language Master of Arts program in philosophy. Professor Kristina Musholt writes that it is a two-year program “with a diverse range of courses that create the conditions for acquiring in-depth skills in academic work, placing particular emphasis on guiding and promoting independent philosophical research.” The program, which is…

What’s the latest data about philosophy graduate programs? In the following guest post, Carolyn Dicey Jennings, professor of philosophy at UC Merced and co-director of Academic Philosophy Data and Analysis (APDA), shares results from the latest APDA survey, completed at the end of 2025. It includes information about job placement, program ratings, department climate, and more. (A version of this…