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Interesting. So, I understand that the grad students are not interested in the research. Are they writing papers on these "projects?" What good is a Chinese Ph.
by Darmani 9y ago
Interesting. So, I understand that the grad students are not interested in the research. Are they writing papers on these "projects?" What good is a Chinese Ph. D. then?
Some European (Belgian?) students told me that, in their country, it was common to have an "industry-funded" Ph. D. (hence all the people I've met doing DSLs for insurance companies). I wonder to what extent their system is similar.
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoThink of it like a very focused internship. You still get something out of it (you did the work after all!), but it’s not like you got to explore your own thing and there was a lot more grunt work involved; since the professor had 20 student you also got a lot of experience in managing other students (senior PhDs will direct junior PhDs and master students, who will direct undergrads if any, you might rarely see the professor unless you are at the top of the lab). In that sense, many employers might find a chinese grad degree more preferable to a western one. On the other hand, research breakthroughs are much less likely.