PhD Monitor
OUTCOMES

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Early season outcomes from PhD Monitor users in the 2025–2026 application season.

EARLY SEASON STATS

91avg top match score
3.2xmore applications vs manual search
4havg time saved per application
68%of applicants got ≥1 interview
SUCCESS STORIES

Hunters who made it

91
Amir R.
Tehran → TU Delft
Score 91

"Found my TU Delft offer through PhD Monitor. Applied 3 days before deadline after Profi flagged it as a 91. Accepted for the Neural Geometry lab under Prof. van Doorn. The cover letter AI saved me a full weekend."

88
Leila M.
Isfahan → ETH Zürich
Score 88

"I was checking 6 different sites every morning. Now I check one feed, three times a week. Got into Computer Vision group at ETH. Profi ranked it 88 — I would have missed it otherwise."

82
Dariush K.
Shiraz → University of Edinburgh
Score 82

"The cover letter draft saved me 4 hours. I tweaked one paragraph and submitted. Got an interview invite within 48 hours."

79
Nazanin H.
Mashhad → KU Leuven
Score 79

"The deadline alert SMS saved me. I had forgotten about a position I saved. Got the ping 7 days before close, applied in 2 hours."

85
Reza F.
Tehran → Uppsala University
Score 85

"I applied to 12 positions in 6 weeks. Normally that would take months of research. The match scores told me where to focus — didn't waste time on weak fits."

77
Maryam S.
Tehran → Politecnico di Milano
Score 77

"Persian translation of position descriptions was a game changer. I could share them with my family and supervisor who don't read English well."

BY THE NUMBERS

2025–2026 application season

Applications submitted via PhD Monitor1,240
Interviews secured312 (25%)
Offers received89 (7.2%)
Avg positions scored per user47

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