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I agree with most of your points but does a European PhD hold the same exact weight as an American PhD, on average? I know that might sound silly, but I'm genui

• sytelus 9y ago
  It depends. If you are looking for job in tech industry then it really doesn't matter. However if you looking for faculty position in academia or position as researcher/scientist in industry then your alma mater becomes super important. However even then top univ in Europ that would have same weights American counterpart. The only problem is that there are fewer "top" univ in Europ than in US.
• j7ake 9y ago
  if a PhD student published the exact same quality and quantity of papers but their universities differed then it doesn't matter. For example if you published 3 papers in nature (or in comp sci 3 best paper awards at your competitive conference ) during your PhD nobody cares where you did your PhD. Prestigious universities matter for PhD students if you "fail" , meaning you were unable to produce significant work worth mentioning. Then you can use your prestige to get a job in industry.