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International Business Times UK
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Justin Price

Harvard Slashes PhD Admissions by More Than Half Amid Financial Strain

The Faculty of Arts & Sciences at Harvard University will cut PhD intake by 75 per cent in sciences and around 60 per cent in arts and humanities this year and next, citing federal funding uncertainty and a looming endowment tax. (Credit: X / The Patriot Oasis™ @ThePatriotOasis)

The prestigious Harvard University is cutting PhD admissions across its Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), cutting some departments' intakes by up to 75 per cent over the next two years as the institution confronts deep financial pressures and political uncertainty over federal funding.

Internal communications reveal that some departments will admit as few as one in four of last year's cohorts, marking the university's sharpest contraction in graduate intake in decades.

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