DistanceLearningportal vs PhDportal
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| Figure | DistanceLearningportal | PhDportal |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · College Search Platforms | 7.7 (#13) | 7.8 (#12) |
| Headquarters | Studyportals lists its headquarters at Klokgebouw 280, 5617 AC Eindhoven, the Netherlands. | Eindhoven, Netherlands |
| Privacy and compliance | Studyportals says personal-data processing complies with the GDPR, the Dutch GDPR Execution Act, and the Dutch Telecommunications Act. | Studyportals says its privacy processing complies with GDPR, the Dutch GDPR Execution Act, and the Dutch Telecommunications Act, and its policy applies to PhDportal.com. |
| Purpose | DistanceLearningportal helps learners find and compare online and distance-learning programmes worldwide. | PhDportal helps students discover and compare English-taught PhD programmes from universities worldwide. |
| Security | Studyportals says it uses technical and organisational safeguards including device encryption, restricted and logged database access, and account usernames and passwords. | Studyportals says it uses technical and organizational measures including facility protections, device encryption, version tracking, and access controls and logging for databases. |
| Support | The publisher's contact page lets students choose a student contact route and institutions choose an institution contact route. | Students can contact PhDportal about using the site, finding programmes or scholarships, or reporting outdated information at [email protected]. |
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DistanceLearningportal
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PhDportal
PhDportal is a free web service for finding and comparing English-taught PhD programmes at universities worldwide. Its catalogue lists more than 19,000 programmes from over 900 universities. Search filters cover subject, country, tuition fees, duration, study format, language requirements and university rankings. Users can save programmes to a shortlist for comparison, then connect directly with universities when applying. The service also supports scholarship searches and provides university pages with rankings, reviews, student life, admission requirements and tuition fees. Registered users can receive study matches, update preferences and keep a wishlist. Programme information comes from official university websites; some universities update listings directly, while PhDportal's data team curates and verifies others. Most programme pages are checked at least once a year, and tuition fees, deadlines and study dates are checked for unusual changes or inconsistencies. Students are advised to verify final details with the university before applying. PhDportal is part of Studyportals, whose operator is Studyportals B.V., headquartered in Eindhoven, Netherlands.