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minus-squareDr. Bob@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54arrow-down1·9 months agoThree years for a PhD? Must be a Brit or combined degree. Average is almost six at the moment.
minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·9 months agoThey are 5-6 in my neck of the woods. You can go straight to a PhD from a bachelor’s though
minus-squareDr. Bob@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoThere is some field dependency - mathematics is notoriously fast. The other one I talk about below is the PhD portion of an MD/PhD. In some fields (mine included) there’s 2 years of coursework plus lab research so it was heavily results driven.
minus-squareSoleInvictus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-29 months agoI’m a microbiologist in the US, it’s at least eight years for us.
minus-squareskeletorfw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoEven as a Brit that’d be fast. Here you’re funded for 3.5y with 6mo unfunded “writing up time”.
minus-squareTokenBoomer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down2·9 months agoYou did the meme and got upvotes? We’re doomed.
Three years for a PhD? Must be a Brit or combined degree. Average is almost six at the moment.
They are 5-6 in my neck of the woods. You can go straight to a PhD from a bachelor’s though
There is some field dependency - mathematics is notoriously fast. The other one I talk about below is the PhD portion of an MD/PhD. In some fields (mine included) there’s 2 years of coursework plus lab research so it was heavily results driven.
I’m a microbiologist in the US, it’s at least eight years for us.
Even as a Brit that’d be fast. Here you’re funded for 3.5y with 6mo unfunded “writing up time”.
You did the meme and got upvotes? We’re doomed.