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In computer science in the US, this is just false. Four years is the usual "officially expected" length of a PhD straight out of a bachelors' (which is the most
by rntz 8y ago
In computer science in the US, this is just false. Four years is the usual "officially expected" length of a PhD straight out of a bachelors' (which is the most common way to do a PhD in CS in the US). In practice it usually takes longer, sometimes much longer (seven+ years is not unheard of).
In the UK and Europe, shorter PhDs are much more common, in part because you're expected to do a master's before a PhD.
Even for two or three years, I don't think getting a computer science PhD is a good bet if your primary goal is making more money.
- azhenley 8y ago6.5 years is the average length in the US according to the NSF. I tell students to expect 5-6 depending on whether you want to go to industry or academia.
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- barry-cotter 8y ago> In the UK and Europe, shorter PhDs are much more common, in part because you're expected to do a master's before a PhD. That’s true of Europe but it’s quite common to go straight from a Bschelor’s to a doctorate in the U.K. and many other former British Empire countries.