Boston College, based in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts offers a fully funded PhD in Philosophy. The doctoral program has long been committed to the study of the history of philosophy with particular attention to developments in contemporary European thought. The department emphasizes the importance of training doctoral students in teaching, and in philosophical research and writing. The department normally can admit five new students to the doctoral program each year. Their studies are fully funded, by tuition remission and stipends (graduate assistantships and teaching fellowships), for five years (four for those who already have an M.A. when they enter the program).