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A PhD in two years?
by Hermel 10y ago
A PhD in two years?
- blazespin 10y agoYeah, if you have a masters it's possible.
- thaumasiotes 10y agoWho gets a PhD without also getting a master's? Isn't the ordinary schedule two years for the master's, five more for the PhD?
- eloisant 10y agoIn every university I've seen (in France and Japan in STEM) the Ph.D. is minimum 3 years, but many (most?) students do it in 4 because they don't have the required publications in 3 years. It's rare, but some do it in 5. Apparently in liberal arts the Ph.D. tends to drag on an on 5, 6, 7 years... So yes, you do need a master before starting your Ph.D., and I've never heard of someone doing their Ph.D. in 2 years. Maybe if you hit a homerun and get prestigious publications very early.
- lightbendover 10y agoMy wife got a PhD in neuro without a masters. It was part of an MD/PhD program. The PhD itself took a bit under 3 years in the middle of med school. Given 7 years of residency and another year of fellowship, she can expect her first job at 38, which is coincidentally the age I always figured I would retire at.
- denzil_correa 10y agoMost likely, he joined the Ph.D program and got a Masters along the way.