A PhD should be about improving society, not chasing academic kudos

Re:A PhD should be about improving society, not chasing acad... by chrisseaton on Thursday August 09, 2018 @11:37AM (#17725091)

> If you are starting from an undergraduate degree, you probably need at least two years to take the PhD intro classes.

Outside of the US, I don't think most PhD students take 'classes'. In Europe a PhD is purely a research degree.

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Re:A PhD should be about improving society, not chasing acad... by roel_v on Thursday August 09, 2018 @01:00PM (#17726012)

In Europe you won't get hired if you only have an undergrad degree.

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Re:A PhD should be about improving society, not chasing acad... by quietbritishjim on Thursday August 09, 2018 @01:18PM (#17726230)

Putting aside the fact that this is clearly untrue, what does it have to do with the parent or GP comment?

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Re:A PhD should be about improving society, not chasing acad... by roel_v on Friday August 10, 2018 @03:54AM (#17731456)

By Europe I meant 'mainland Europe', where it is very exceptional to get hired in any PhD position without a masters. So you've already taken 5 years of classes, which is what the gp was talking about. Very few continental PhD's will be taking any classes.

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Re:A PhD should be about improving society, not chasing acad... by detaro on Friday August 10, 2018 @10:08AM (#17733367)

GP assumes with no reason the "starting from an undergraduate degree", where the article is quoting 5 years for the PhD only, not for masters + PhD.

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