Stefano Volpe 17h ago
If any PhD students are following your account, boosting would be appreciated.

Fellow PhD student: hello! ​​ I hope you had a good Monday.

0) In which country are you pursuing your PhD?
1) What is the official duration of your PhD programme? Does it assume you already have a Master's?
2) How many academic credits (e.g., ECTS) are you required to get in order to complete your PhD?
3) If you are paid for TAing, can you estimate the number of teaching contact hours you need in order to supplement other sources of funding?

My union and Ph.D. committee have been asking for feedback, and I have a theory I'd like to test. Feel free to use private mentions if you want.

Edit: I am now using "academic credits" to make myself more understandable to non-EU people.
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@foxy

Recent graduate here.

0) US
1) Expected 3-4 years after masters (which is +2 years). Limit is 7 years.
2) 48 "units", which is approximately 1.5 years of full-time coursework. Coursework is generally satisfied by master's coursework though.
3) I was usually fully funded for research, but did up to 10 hours a week of TA work during <10% of my degree. The actual teaching contact (as opposed to grading) was probably 4 hours per week.

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