You can choose your supervisor by keeping in mind the following factors ;

Talk to potential advisors

• You will get to know what they’re working on?
• Whether they’re looking for new students or not?

Talk to current and former students

• Several different opinions about the advisor’s strengths and weaknesses
• Each student will have a different read on the advisor depending on how well they work together, so it’s important that you speak to multiple students

Read their publications

• What they’re working on and what stage their research has reached

What do you look for in an advisor?

Accessibility

• How accessible are they likely to be?
• Often you will need reassurance, guidance, signatures, direction, signatures, keys, and some more signatures
• Compatibility
• Do you have similar working styles?
• What do they expect from their students?
• Do they think the work week is 40 hours or 80 hours long?
• What kind of expectations of progress do they have?
• How do they react if those expectations aren’t met?

Durability

• Will they be here for all of your stays?
• Do they often go on leaves of absence?
• History – Track Record
• Have they graduated other students?
• Are their current students successful?
• Are they established in their area, or are they a “rising star”?
• Have they lost a lot of students through advisor changes or departures?

Research

• • Are you interested in their research?
    • Normally advertise what research areas they are interested in
    • See their publications.
  • Do not be influenced by the performance of a professor in non-supervisory tasks
    • Teaches well or badly
    • Late or early in meetings
    • Dresses well or badly
    • Actually tells you very little about how good a fit they might be with you.
  • Help you select/refine your research topic
  • Guide you in writing the thesis proposal
  • Review your thesis proposal and recommend its approval
  • Meet regularly with you
  • Review your progress on the thesis and guide your research effort
  • Review your research papers/presentations/reports and give you appropriate feedback
  • Guide you in the preparation of your thesis arguments in document form
  • Evaluate the readiness of your thesis for defense
  • Sit on your examination committee

Note: An advisor will only give you the directions to follow – you have to walk by yourself

Pros and cons of selecting a Junior advisor