𝗜𝗙 𝗜 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗬 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗨𝗦, 𝗜 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗔𝗧 𝗥𝟭 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦

 𝗜𝗙 𝗜 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗬 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗨𝗦, 𝗜 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗔𝗧 𝗥𝟭 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦

R1 universities, also known as Doctoral Universities: They are considered Highest Research Activity Universities and are research-intensive universities in the United States that have the highest level of research activity as classified by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. These universities typically have strong graduate programs, including Ph.D. programs, and are known for their research contributions.

By virtue of their status;

- They have more funding for research

- They take a larger chunk of PhD students

- They have plenty funding for PhD students via GRA/GTA

- Most of their professors are open to taking more than one student for PhD

- Professors in these Universities are known to give favorable responses to properly worded cold mails.

Find a limited list of R1 universities in the US. You can search for more on the net.

1. Harvard University

2. Stanford University

3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

4. Princeton University

5. University of Chicago

6. California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

7. University of California - Berkeley

8. University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA)

9. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

10. Duke University

11. University of California - San Diego

12. University of Texas at Austin

13. University of Wisconsin - Madison

14. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

15. University of Maryland - College Park

16. University of California - Santa Barbara

17. University of Colorado - Boulder

18. University of California - Irvine

19. University of California - Davis

20. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

21. University of Pennsylvania

22. Columbia University

23. University of California - Santa Cruz

24. University of Southern California

25. University of Rochester

26. University of Utah

27. University of Arizona

28. University of Oregon

29. University of Pittsburgh

30. University of Washington

What you should do with this information?

1.0. Search online to see if they PhD in your course

2.0. Search for Professors whose researches intercept your your research interest. You will find this info on the Universities website

3.0. Get the Professors e-mails and send them cold mails.

4.0. From the responses you get from your coal mails, you create a list of the universities to apply to when the admission season opens.

This is one of the ways of finding PhD funding in the US