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When you really think of it is doctoral programs in academia apprenticeships? At least in fields where you do need laboratories and such...

• analog31 1y ago
  That's a good way to think about it, though one still has to ask: "An apprenticeship in what?" Optimally thesis means you're given a nebulous problem within an area of interest and asked to manage a project to solve it and communicate the results. My own field, physics, is particularly loose in terms of what tools you might need to adapt and create.