Advice for an Academic Study Visit

Studying for a PhD requires learning new skills and building a body of research for a thesis. One way that can facilitate the achievement of these tasks is through a brief study visit to another institution. In this article, I outline some of the key points you need to know when thinking about organising a study visit, including advice and suggestions of how to start the process, how to fund the visit, and how to get started with networking. Here, I also include reflections and examples from my own visit. The core message of this article is to encourage other PhD students to visit the research environment of another institution.