Choosing dissertation topic

A Doctoral degree is the pinnacle of your academic career. As such, achieving one is no easy task and requires years of hard work. Beginning with choosing the right topic to writing a winning proposal that will get the approval from your university committee to writing the final thesis, the task requires high resolve, focus, and determination

The most effective and efficient ways to select a topic are the following: (1) Become steeped in the relevant literature. (2) Engage in discussions with faculty and other scholars in your field. (3) Write about your topic to help crystallize and organize your understanding.

"One of the most important factors in choosing a dissertation topic is to work on something you really love, enough so that you can contemplate staying with it over a fairly prolonged period of time – well after you have received the degree. It also doesn’t hurt to have some innate talents in the chosen area.

If you write your dissertation in connection with a job or internship, this will constrain your choice of topics, as your research will need to have practical relevance for the organization.