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>Don’t you normally need an undergrad to start a PhD in the US as well? Yes, but not a graduate degree. For comparison, at least in Austria, you need to have
by dannymi 4y ago
>Don’t you normally need an undergrad to start a PhD in the US as well?
Yes, but not a graduate degree.
For comparison, at least in Austria, you need to have finished both a Bachelor of Science (3 years) and a Master of Science (2 years) in order to be able to start a PhD.
That's usually not the case in the USA (and some common law countries), where you only need the equivalent of a Bachelor of Science in order to start the PhD. You then do a small version of the Master of Science in parallel with the PhD.
- chrisseaton 4y agoSo the UK is probably the best model - 3 years undergrad, 3-4 years PhD max.
- hnbad 4y agoOh, that explains why I see more Americans going for PhD (successfully or not) than, say, Germans. It never made sense to me because I was used to it being the thing you can do after an MSc/MA and those already seemed like a questionable choice for many jobs.