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.
Show threadJulian Külshammer13h ago

@foxy
Not a PhD student, but as director of PhD studies, I think I can answer your questions.

Country: Sweden (Uppsala University)
Subject: Mathematics
Prerequisites: At least 4 years of previous studies, usually a 5 year master
Length of PhD: 5 years with 80% research and courses and 20% teaching (paid as full-time job)
Course component: 80 ECTS
Teaching: about 80 contact hours per year, usually problem sessions

Show threadStefano Volpe 12h ago

@julian_kuelshammer Thanks!

Teaching: about 80 contact hours per year, usually problem sessionsIs this average acrossed all years, including the last one, in which I assume people work on their PhD thesis?

Show threadJulian Külshammer4h ago
@foxy
Yes, the last year is not treated differently. Almost all theses are written cumulative, so that there is not a bigger junk of new writing in the last year, just an introduction and summary of the papers.
Show threadStefano Volpe 
@julian_kuelshammer Thank you!
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