How does a PhD work? The FULL guide!

So what does a PhD look like and how does a PhD work? In this video we are going to go over how a PhD works and the steps that are required to get through a PhD.
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▼ ▽ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - introduction
1:35 - 3 to 4 years of full-time research study
3:58 - original research
6:07 - the production of research papers or a research thesis
8:16 - examiner reports
11:47 - viva or oral presentation defence with PhD examiners
15:19 - What it really looks like for students
16:11 - Outro

[@thomaswilliam2808]

Australian here! Passed today after minor corrections! Best of luck to all of you, ya sweethearts.

[@DrAndyStapleton]

Great job!

[@LeggattNZ]

Congratulations from New Zealand :D

[@sravansaisravan3854]

congrats from deakin phd student

[@kap849]

Congratulations!

[@violetandrew1641]

Congratulations from Nigeria

[@LAXMASTER022]

Got my PhD recently (isotope geochemistry), and I went through the publication route. Strangely at my institution I still needed to produce a thesis, which to be fair was basically compiling my papers with an intro and conclusion. I found it quite funny that one of my four examiners wanted to fail me despite the fact I had four papers from that PhD published in various journals even before submitting the thesis.

[@gladteer873]

Gosh... any reason for the decision? And congrats

[@hassanahmed2275]

I saw your parent in the comment section of another video by this dude, they ratio'd someone so hard, good stuff and good luck (very cool 100K salary you got there)

[@austinrush4545]

that's awesome, i got my BS in Geology and Geophysics, I'm working on my Masters in Geographic information science, and Hopefully will continue on to a Phd program in Geology, did you go into your program with an idea of what you wanted to study specifically or did you figure it out once you got in?

[@LAXMASTER022]

@@austinrush4545 I was always decent at chemistry and much of my previous work before the PhD (e.g., Honours and Masters) was high-precision U-Pb geochronology. So I had a good understanding of isotope geochemistry but wanted to expand my skills as an isotope geochemist. As such I had an idea of what I wanted to do (e.g., using isotope systems such as Nd, Hf and O isotopes to trace the source origin and petrogenesis of magmatic rocks, mostly granites in eastern Australia). At my university there was a world leading isotope geochemist who was ideally suited to supervise this work, so I went and saw him and told him what I wanted to do and we figured out a project in about an hour or two one afternoon. Since finishing I worked in industry as a mine geologist for about a year but thankfully managed to secure a postdoctoral position looking into the origin of LCT pegmatites in central Australia.

[@SNwjs-st2ee]

PhD (Physics) is what I want but I think I'm too dumb for it.

[@kbr2558]

I will begin pursuing my PhD in Applied Clinical Research in 2 months! I’m excited and nervous at the same time! My goal is to study neurological movement disorders in the context of clinical translational research.

[@Drganguli]

Great job in explaining the PhD program for prospective students

[@iyrw21]

Actually I am preparing for my Master and PhD. This vlog really like a guide for me.

[@andrelacommare4263]

Currently applying and making my way through your vids. Tried to be your 7,000th sub today

[@DrAndyStapleton]

Thank you!

[@Onkarr]

Very helpful, got the bsc and gave academia a break but got an itch to fill a gap

[@frostdesigns555]

Still an undergraduate. Will be saving this video for the next 6 years.

[@phogbinh]

Thank you. I’m beginning my Master’s and didn’t expect the thesis review to last 6-8 months. I am informed to plan ahead now xD

[@emulus4000]

This is for a PhD, not a Masters

[@smarttravellife1925]

This is the video i always want to watch!!

[@jeffreybarker357]

I wish someone would do and talk all the same things you do from a non-scientific prospective. Your videos have been infinitely helpful for me and I’m so glad you’ve made them. Mine will be (is?) in literature so lab culture and stuff is probably just different. I’m glad your videos still do an excellent job of giving me a solid foundational understanding!

[@ssebasgoo]

I have no idea what a literature PhD looks like. Can you tell me more about it?

[@firefoxmetzger9063]

I think that monograph ("traditional" thesis) vs comprehensive summary (PhD by publications) is a field-specific thing. Our group (computer science/robotics) exclusively does comprehensive summaries. The group to our right (ethics and human-computer interaction) tends to do monographs whereas the group to our left (deep learning for medical images) is doing comprehensive summaries as well. For my girlfriend (biology) it depends on if (and how much) they manage to publish during their time.

[@innjfdddgjb4208]

I have a masters in physics, and I’m looking into maybe getting a PHD. But I’m just a little confused on how it works and what exactly I’m going to be doing. Thanks this video helps a lot.

[@SierNotsruht]

If its physics, get a phd

[@nachikettchatterjeee6518]

@@SierNotsruht why do you say so?

[@jedidiahanarfi]

Pretty well explained, Doc! Thanks!

[@jimmorrison4ever529]

I have my master's degree and it was a lot of work already. I thought briefly about doing a PhD but the stress on my mind from continuously working my brain's muscle in research and paper writing at the graduate level was driving me a bit crazy. After eight years of education, I found it difficult to have conversations with people who didn't have any education background at all.

[@Brandi.Nicole]

Extremely interested in your perspective as I was wanting to return to school and achieve a degree in Educational Leadership. I’d love to hear any advice or insight.

[@kap849]

My master's drained me as well so I decided to take a break. It's been 1.5 years since I graduated from my master's and I really want to continue with my research so now I'm looking for PhD opportunities. So maybe a break could do you great.

[@dragonitexluckas]

This! I’m currently in my master’s degree just about wrapping it up and I’m most recently finding it hard to have a conversation with people who don’t have any higher Ed background. I guess it’s normal think 🤔

[@nrclever8167]

I am the other way round . I have a master degree and work in research hospital . Some colleagues tend to act like they are the most clever human in the world made me realise the uneducated people are very bearable and accommodating.

[@theholt2ic219]

This might just be for some people. I’m the only person I know personally who has a graduate degree. But I never considered myself unable to communicate with people who never went to university. If anything, I always encourage people to find their own path; and if they wanted to get higher education then do it at your own pace. You don’t need to be that smart kid who gets it done on time right after high school. Go to community college, or apply to a university. Community college is very underrated. I am considering doing my PhD as well but not entirely sure yet… I have the motivation to continue onto higher education, but I really do want to start my professional career already 😂

[@fahdhallak5395]

Original Research, novel research, filling gaps, done enough to satisfy phd qualification,supervisor should not allow sending thesis with major correction, pass without correction , novelty and well explained, presented well, you need to explain the fundamental.

[@Slaweniskadela]

Thank You. This has been useful!

[@tanned06]

This video is best to describe how a typical PhD program in Australia and UK works, not so much how it works with similar program in the US, Canada and other countries using a similar model of the American system where almost half of the program was dedicated to a significant component of coursework and comprehensive exams.

[@todddunn945]

Yes exactly. Plus, it generally takes 5-6 years to do a Ph.D. in the US or Canada. The comprehensive/candidacy exam is a big hurdle.

[@aL3CnR]

I am currently working on my Bachelor's research, watching videos about PhD just to ease my situation xD. Good luck everyone!

[@laurainglin5067]

I just love your videos!

[@niyiadewumi]

Thank you.. very informative

[@A_Box]

Definitely did not know people fly in. I imagined the reviewers were just other professors of the same institution.

[@todddunn945]

That varies a lot by institution and what the budget is. In many institutions most of your examining committee will be from your department and other departments in your university with, maybe, one examiner from outside the university. Note that this is only for the oral defense. The examination of the thesis may be done by a different committee that includes more people from different institutions since it is cheap to mail out a thesis. Having been the director of graduate studies for my department for about 10 years I can tell you that it can be hard to find examiners for a thesis since going through a 300-500 page thesis takes a lot of time. In my university it was very hard to get the science profs to agree to be on an examining board, particularly since the graduate school allowed a maximum of 6 weeks to examine the thesis. However, since the university allowed an examining board to include any member of the graduate faculty, I once got a Philosophy prof to serve on a Chemistry examining board. He absolutely savaged that thesis based on logic and the quality of writing. That student ended up having to do a major rewrite.

[@FertileG]

Thank you 🙏🏾

[@ithicarpeters2381]

Thanks!

[@DrAndyStapleton]

Thank you for the super thanks! Really appreciated!

[@mambonero9689]

I am starting my PhD this October and I have no masters course under my belt as I am just graduating from my undergrads this year. it is quite scary but my name was put forward by my final year project supervisor. I feel a bit reassured after watching this video as I am really passionate about synthetic and medicinal chemistry. Hopefully everything will go according to plan.

[@guille8756]

I'll be doing mine without a Masters just do the work and everything Will be fine

[@Xanaduum]

Don't you start out on an Mres basis anyway?

[@ShoebAhmed-oc3lr]

everyone: Follow your dreams, Study something in the pursuit of the knowledge it provides, not money. Run after excellence and money will run after you, begging and crying. follow your passion and live that fire of knowledge within you.

[@stavone12]

A good video as always!

[@DrAndyStapleton]

Thank you a lot!

[@Edward-zw9ld]

Great vid again

[@malikaphillip4991]

Thank you for your informative videos!

[@wilfredosiervo5106]

I wish all Thesis from Undergraduate to PhD thesis should be donated to the National Library of their country (for free) so that students can easily access the recent researches being done around the world.

[@alirezaa6530]

Thanks plenty

[@soulsbane]

Herm. American PhD basically requires both publications and a thesis. Don't remember how many were in my thesis. Five, I think? The defense has fallen out of style. How it worked at my R1 school: PhD candidates get their PI approval, then draft their thesis and sit on it while they job hunt. No-showing a defense still doesn't cancel the work performed or the prestige added to the university from quality research. In addition, if the research was published, it already went through peer review so the defense is redundant. I had a pre-defense style oral exam at the end of my second year, the second half of which was proving I could ace every test from my B.S. classes while being able to teach an undergrad class in my discipline (the rare Inorganic Chem. PhD). Own your research (no matter if it was directed) and become the expert on it that you should be if you are publishing, and the Orals/Defense stage should be pretty easy. Not all doctorates are created equal, and the quality of a PhD is strongly dependent upon the effort put into it. Once you have it, people care about three things: School prestige, your PI's prestige, and your publication history.

[@christopherrosado6053]

Thanks

[@takiyaazrin7562]

Great content

[@farhangm.saliani7084]

I have been admitted for PhD by research program in Australia and i am waiting for the result of the scholarship award assessment result. I do appreciate if you guide us on how is this kind of program conducted while there is no course to be taken. it means from the beginning I have to start steps of my research proposal? many thanks for your useful videos

[@dmgcina]

Great video. Thanks for the help.

[@DrAndyStapleton]

Glad it helped

[@amir_alasgarov]

Hi Andy. I completed my master degree in Portugal, and must admit that the procedure was very close to your PhD “adventure”, especially the oral defence part, was exactly how you describe. Now I am planing to apply for PhD in Australia too, my field is Civil Engineering, and currently working like a Civil/Structural Engineer for several years, which university you could suggest for Engineers, and how to find supervisor? Thanks a lot for your content, it's endless helpful.

[@bluna3004]

One year later' just curious did you apply for PhD in Australia?

[@amir_alasgarov]

@@bluna3004 I applied to PhD, and currently doing research in Porto, Portugal. So my Portuguese trip continue. Australia was very expensive. All the best !

[@jonathanyuanyt]

I just started my PhD in Canada 2 months ago. Tough journey

[@jetta2707]

Which university if I may ask?

[@jonathanyuanyt]

@@jetta2707 University of Waterloo. I also have a channel that talks about my PhD journey.

[@jetta2707]

@@jonathanyuanyt alright, is this account the one that has the video? I'll check it out soon.. thank you!

[@salma9934]

Yes it's a really tough and challenging and if you have a course work before you begin your actual work, then it's a stressful job

[@MrMusic55123]

In usa a PhD is 72 credits hours where 45 credits are courses et 15 credits are thesis and 12 credits for seminars. The thesis take a small part not like Europe where the thesis is the main focus of Phd

[@todddunn945]

Don't let the number of credits required for the thesis misguide you. After you finish your course work, pass your comprehensive/candidacy exam and write your thesis proposal the real work of your Ph.D. program starts. You will register with the grad school for thesis every quarter/semester you are working on your thesis and may will always end up with a lot more than 15 credits, which would be the minimum requirement. In the USA the thesis research is by far the most important part of a Ph.D.

[@shubizaidi3591]

Preparing for GRE these days to be eligible to apply for a PhD.

[@lloydrobert6182]

Thank you. I've been mulling over the idea of a PhD, and I will probably start taking it seriously this year. I've been a creative person all my life, a creative director in advertising, a faculty at a design school, painter, musician, cook. I have already created a technique for conceptualization, so my question is: Can this theory become a thesis? Do respond.

[@omarb2653]

I guess it really depends on what you do your PhD in. If it’s hard science related, being able to grasp the concepts and form good intuition is pretty dang important too. It’s not purely creative. There are objective measures of how well your ideas perform

[@wilsonmaske7397]

Exactly what is phd and how its process that you should you explain,

[@jamalnuman]

Great

[@mau345]

I remembered when my adviser revised my thesis, she would encircle accidental double spaces, most of which you would miss. I was like, damn.

[@dutch9817]

Just received my PhD offer! Panic after watching your videos 🤣. But your videos are quite helpful. Thanks a lot!

[@saisivani1876]

you can any help for your P.hd program pls share your details we will help you for your dream.

[@spulwasser]

I'm watching this video bc I still don't know what to do with my life after finishing my Master's (I'll start the thesis project in April). (Sorry this is gonna be a huge comment 😅) I'm in a relatively niche field (plant sciences) and the first thing is that I don't really have a great idea of what job opportunities there are for MSc vs PhD. Secondly, there's industry vs academia. I feel like I can decide to either sell my soul and all my values to a big plant breeding company that has only profit in mind, OR do what I truly want in my heart but have an extremely unstable job that requires me to move at least every 3 years and is gonna be super stressful. Not to mention I would have to sacrifice ALL of my life for it. And the last issue is imposter syndrome. I keep underestimating my own capabilities, and having to complete a PhD with not much guidance at all scares the hell out of me, especially looking at all the genius people around me I feel like I can't compete with. I do believe I'd survive a PhD program physically, but I am not sure whether the mental damage I am sure it would cause me is really worth it sometimes. Then again, I think to myself I could always just start a PhD and if it is simply too much to withstand, I can always drop out? Just doing it one step after the other and not worrying too much? The idea of researching something no one has ever investigated before makes my fingertips itch and I think I would be super excited about it. But this isn't something I should decide on without careful consideration, right? I just really don't know what to do at this point. But I feel like if I don't start a PhD right after my MSc I will never do it and might regret it later on...

[@easymed1015]

Hello. How about if this research has never been done in certain Nationality.. Is it considered novel?

[@davyzeng]

Dear Andy, my research proposal got recognization of my former supervisor, and I got admitted. But now I am at the end of PhD year 1, my former supervisor quit and my new supervisor rejected my former research proposal and said it;s cliche. So I have to redo a new research proposal. I don't know what to do. I am very anxious. I mean to start proposal defense by the end of Phd year 1, but under current situation, I have to redo a new one and hopefully I could start my proposal defense on Phd Year 2. I am nervous. Could you please give me some suggestions? Thank you !

[@cleetussmith6652]

Your video, while interesting, is not a comprehensive guide for the Ph.D. in that your experience only applies to your efforts in Australia and possibly the UK. I earned my Ph.D. in Chemistry in America around 40 years ago. The school I went to offered the MS as well as the Ph.D., but all students entered graduate school as a Masters student. Your first year involved nothing more than taking 3 or so classes each semester while you figured out who you wanted as your advisor and which four other professors you wanted on your committee. In your second year you started your research while continuing to take more courses. Towards the end of your second or third year you would then take your qualifying examinations that would make you qualified to study for your Ph.D. There are five major divisions in Chemistry so you had to pass the exams in three of the five and you were allowed three attempts for each exam. While this sound easy, it wasn't. Sixteen students, for example, took the exam in Organic Chemistry and three passed. Overall, about a third of those wanting to pass their qualifiers eventually did. At some point after you finish your course work you would take your comprehensive exams with some taking them immediately and others putting this off until the the last minute while they were writing their dissertation. For your comprehensive exams each of your committee and your advisor would create a written exam tailored to you. To give you an example of what they were like, I started an exam in Biochemistry at 7:00AM, took twenty minutes for lunch, and, when the professor asked how I was doing around 6:30 that evening, I told him I needed another several hours to complete the exam. He took the exam right then despite my request after nearly 11 hours of nonstop writing. When you finish your five written exams, you are given your graded exams back and then appear in front of your committee for your oral exam. The first questions they ask in the oral exam are the ones you missed on the written exams and from there they get more complex and difficult. The oral exam can last anywhere from a few hours to an entire day. Once the oral exam is over your committee votes to determine if you pass or fail. The catch is that all the written exams and the oral exam together must be completed within thirty days. Once these are passed, the only remaining task is to finish your research, write your dissertation, and ensure that some part of your research gets published. Oh, I almost forgot that once your dissertation is finished, you must present on it and then answer all questions to anyone present for a final defense, but this effort is actually trivial compared to everything that occurred prior. The difference between Ph.D. preparation and requirements among various nations is due to how each nation views the purpose of the degree. Most nations view the degree as a research degree and see your preparation as nothing more than teaching a person how to perform research, publish, write grants, etc., so this is what they emphasize. In America, the Ph.D. is viewed as an academic exercise that confers advanced knowledge in your area of specialty. While you do learn the rudimentaries of research and such, the postdoctoral study position is where research, writing papers, writing grants, reviewing grants/papers, etc., are taught in a very intense atmosphere. It would be interesting to compare programs from other countries to see more of the differences and similarities among the various programs. As an aside, I see many people talking about quitting their Ph.D. program. Most of these people quitting are doing so because they entered the program for the wrong reason. If one enters a Ph.D. program for the express purpose of getting the degree, then their chances of failure are quite high. Those who enter the program because they love the subject and simply cannot learn enough about it are the ones who skate through with little problem. The reason why I earned my Ph.D. was because it never occurred to me that I could quit. It was all so fascinating that I simply could not stop and I ended up getting my MS (Organic Chemistry emphasis) and Ph.D. Biochemistry emphasis) in a bit under 5 years.

[@jaboris2536]

What do you do now and how much are you payed?

[@cleetussmith6652]

@@jaboris2536 I am a professional old man and am paid in part by social security.

[@todddunn945]

This is very much the same as how my Ph.D. program was structured with a couple of differences. We had to complete the comprehensive before we could submit a thesis proposal. After the thesis proposal was accepted following an oral exam of the proposal you started your actual research. At least that was how the program was structured. In practice many students started research before submitting their proposals. There was risk associated with that since you could fail your proposal and have to write a different one. I will note that this structure is typical of US universities, however there are lots of variations in the details between universities and sometimes between departments in a single university.

[@domcaval5103]

I've just started my PhD in Biophysics and I'm afraid about the "original research". My field of study is really specific and it's quite hard to do something new. Any advices? I'm trying to read as many books and articles as possible, so I can get "into it". However, when I think I have an idea about research, I usually find out that somebody already did that. Should I focus on something specific? Only on a single problem? Or should I try to "look around" more and then figure out what I could do?

[@mgssscrazy]

Ask your supervisor for help. Show them what you've looked into and what your interests are. They can steer you toward a good topic.

[@vistargh]

Start reviewing all those works of the people who already did it. Draw patterns between them. Observe the patterns, identify gaps. Then fill gaps for the foreseeable future until you have your thesis/set of papers.

[@LeggattNZ]

I'm not sure if it's the same in the sciences, but in my field (history) it can be the methodology used to approach a problem that can be the 'original' aspect - something worth considering.

[@adiflorense1477]

@@vistargh agree

[@Maariu01]

Good start on your research I think you should talk to your supervisor about your ideas so they can help you narrow it down goodluck

[@nakasuki2386]

whats a good way to find a university for it and a good supervisor

[@Brandi.Nicole]

3 hours on an oral defense?! 6 months process?! Maybe I’ll just marry a PhD 😅

[@PJ-po7fu]

😂

[@yeti9369]

Ohhh

[@leopeake9082]

The only thing I could focus on was the beard. Did you get a PhD in beard care?

[@kap849]

That was his minor in undergrad, he talked about it in another video. JK 🤣. He's got an amazing beard!

[@damaristighe3227]

I've seen a number of decade-long PhD students at my institution. They liked being PhD students but not the work.

[@montjoile]

What happens if someone fails their viva? 🤔

[@aditisiddharth6472]

How would I know if anyone else is doing what I’m doing simultaneously?

[@sohamchowdhury7419]

PubMed and google scholars are great sources where upon entering keywords operating to what you are currently doing you get multiple articles created to it. Skim through those that look similar and you can find whether someone is doing exactly what you are doing. Don't just go through the journal articles as presently preprints are becoming really common, so skipping those can lead to extra work.

[@ayumehirano1894]

I’m years away from a PhD, but I have a question important for when I will embark my heavy journey for it. I know for sure that I want a PhD within Neuroscience, however, my question regards the “topic” my possible PhD would be about. If I essentially went for epilepsy as a “topic”, for example, and I retrieve my PhD in Neuroscience, would I then be constricted to only researching epilepsy later on? Or could I apply for jobs and research within other categories within neuroscience? This part is very unclear to me, and I find nothing about it.

[@outdoorattack8241]

this is a good question, and I'd like to see it answered as well

[@111Econ]

No, as PhD you’re credible in all new research.

[@ayumehirano1894]

@@111Econ thank you so much! Absolute legend!

[@111Econ]

@@ayumehirano1894 you are the legend. I’m just some person on KZbin.

[@ayumehirano1894]

@@111Econ that is the sweetest, I'll say we're both legends!

[@LeggattNZ]

What is your advice for that time between submission and finding out the result?

[@ronaldbrown5946]

Yes I am also curious after all that time working on your PhD what did you do during the time waiting on the results?

[@MK-13337]

Take a load off.

[@weamadam]

What is your specialist?

[@scotthennebeul1705]

What if one's thesis ends up being over 1000 pages?

[@borteleabam8787]

who else liked the video before watching

[@tcb7864]

🖐️😂

[@nembilwiwamashudu7692]

How many pages ? does how the thesis project have ?

[@leedean1696]

Hi, one of my friends got her phd from Brisbane university in Biochemistry. She said she only got enough credits to graduate without producing a thesis. Was is it possible? Coz I got mine from Melbourne University with a thesis. Can someone please help? Thanks a bunch.

[@mervinmcdougall8854]

So is it possible for two or more students, independent of each other, to select identical topics at two different universities?

[@kap849]

I'm not an expert but I'm guessing you could. It's research so you could end up with different results. Again, I'm not an expert. Just my thoughts.

[@user-zb3op6vz3c]

Yes, it is possible.

[@VincentTravelStory]

Hi, I am an undergraduate with 0 knowledge of PHD. May I know how people completed their PHD? Is it when they manage to complete their thesis defense?

[@kattynia5956]

if you ask about "where is the end of all of this" - as i know, yes. Your dissertation needs to be passed by phd panel, and after that you need to defense it with good value (clarifying this point because if you have reached the defense, this is already 80% of success, but I know cases when people were failed down during the defense)

[@MrCash62]

I have a basic question. How does one get into a PhD program? Is it the same as a bachelor where you apply to a University and you get admitted or not?

[@chameleontwist2551]

lol

[@jetta2707]

@@chameleontwist2551 XDDDDDDDD

[@MrCash62]

@@chameleontwist2551 an answer would have been more helpful instead of just writing lol

[@juansolis8891]

@@MrCash62 No expert. From what I understand its a little more direct. You would contact the researcher, know some of his/her work before, and not the institution.

[@gibmiralles]

Pretty much yes, but depends on the university and the country and the field. Usually you write motivation letter and research proposal, take exams as gmat or gre, English language exam if you are not native speaker. Plus you need to provide 2-3 reference letters and sometimes talk to the professors beforehand if you find one in your field of interest. If you pass first screening then you go thru interviews usually two sometimes just one. Then you wait for response. Ofc you have to think about funding beforehand but phd usually goes with teaching assistantship duties with which you can get stipend for.

[@massimoneri7737]

How did you manage to go directly from a bachelors to a PhD? Is this just for chemistry

[@pandawan4]

UK degrees are usually 4 years (with Honours year) and allow students with 2:1 and above (or equivalent international degree) into doctoral programmes. Same in Singapore. But several European countries like Germany require a MSc as well.

[@lapizza7206]

can you do a video on phd by publication

[@DrAndyStapleton]

I'll add it to the list!

[@999ost]

Was wondering if i have a masters from another country if i can qualify for a phd in the US

[@todddunn945]

I would say generally yes, although getting into a Ph.D. program often depends as much on finding a professor willing to take you on as it does on your background. That is particularly true in the sciences where there are often significant costs associated with Ph.D. research.

[@TheAwesomefroggy]

I have two questions regarding a PhD: 1. If I get a master’s, then go for a PhD, do I need to take classes as a part of the PhD program? 2. I’ve heard you and a few others say that a PhD does not make you as likely to get a job as it used to. What about a PhD specifically from Harvard/Princeton/MIT/etc? Do those still “guarantee” a job? The

[@somber_soul]

I had a couple friends who found that their advanced degrees (MS in one, PhD in another) made it harder to get jobs because it specialized them too much without work experience. So they were more limited in finding work in a specific field.

[@maxwell8758]

@@somber_soul What were the PhDs in? Because some jobs you literally need a PhD.

[@somber_soul]

@@maxwell8758 Both were engineering disciplines. The respective fields were so niche that there weren't a lot of jobs to to had.

[@maxwell8758]

@@somber_soul Well that's why. Engineers don't really need PhDs. in fact, I don't think I've heard of or met any that do. PhDs are more for if you want to be a physicist, chemist, biologist, economist, mathematician, etc.

[@todddunn945]

Absolutely a Ph.D. will always guaranty you a job, but it might be at McDonalds.

[@TomWrightTheDrummer]

Do I need to be affiliated to a university to do a PhD or just have a supervisor and do it independently? Who would publish my PhD once finished? I live in France with my French wife and I am British. I speak and write insufficient French to write a thesis in French. I could do a PhD in french university and yet write in English, but am better connected with British unis to find a British supervisor. Does the supervisor have to be of the same university where I'd be enrolled to do the PhD? Please help me to detangle my confusion. Thank you.

[@guesswho1840]

Usually only a University can give you the title PhD or equivalent, so independent research institutions usually affiliate with a university. Depending on what field you want to pursue your PhD in, it should not be a problem writing in English. Graduate STEM courses in Europe are usually taught in English and everyone publishes in English as well.

[@guesswho1840]

And yes if your supervisor belongs to one University, so are you.

[@fouziaabuwdn1556]

I can’t set and read even one paper per day I get board quickly 😒I am really suffering

[@sirmclovin9184]

Maybe you're not working on the right topic? Papers can be very boring, sure, but from time to time you should find something interesting.

[@adiflorense1477]

@@sirmclovin9184 Sure

[@travelsofsarah]

I found that listening to papers being read out loud by software whilst I do other things like household chores really helps me cover some ground with papers-particularly if they are only slightly relevant!

[@janakidevi9177]

@@travelsofsarah Really. Reading papers are bore some times. Because they repeat and results are mostly fake.

[@powerisme7551]

Papers should be on the same topic as dissertation to get phD

[@IDarkCalibur]

next question, how does phd graduate make money?

[@ranendrajha2623]

Can we do PhD after Undergraduate(B.Tech)?

[@amirulhakim9944]

Some fields and some universities have a fast-track PhD programme; you can straight away do PhD right after you finish your bachelor, with requirements of course. You have to check yourself (e.g. on the faculty’s website or simply ask your lecturers) whether your target PhD programme has a fast-track feature or not :)

[@pieterroets6276]

Dr Stapleton, Russell Brand sounds almost just like you, just without a PhD...

[@matte1503]

i love your head

[@tthex6484]

I just got offered a fully funded PhD program- watching every video on KZbin...scary

[@SkMDAliHamzaAlif-]

One of my professor once told us PhD = Permanently Head Damaged

[@spulwasser]

🤣/😭

[@igreque8996]

Anyone here feeling like they they can't find THE idea ? 😢 and everythime they think they did, they figure out that it has already been done before

[@dan_kay]

In Hamburg, Germany, many of them are driving taxi, because their PhD in expressive dancing surprisingly didn't pay out... What it looks like for a student? Like an idiot who made wrong decisions.

[@thomaswade6579]

But why do they keep saying a PhD is hard when it is mostly just reading, writing and waiting a very long time to get responses from others? The hardest part is really just waiting forever wondering what to do. But waiting is more of a tolerance exercise, it is not hard in the way that doing some equation is hard or building a tower is hard. I don't get what is hard about a PhD when it is mostly waiting. Can someone please tell me what is the hard part?

[@janakidevi9177]

I too also worry about ph. D work. In India Ph. D means writing at least 2 papers in Scopus journals. We get afraid to watch these videos. Tell in a simple form how to complete and make a plan in one video. We can save time.

[@CreatrixTiara]

Writing and reading isn't easy! Research isn't easy, especially if you're working on a topic no one else has covered before! It's a massive mental effort.

[@guesswho1840]

If you are doing your PhD in life sciences you are in the lab literally 24/7 and work independently.

[@DJcyberslash]

What's the point of getting a PhD?

[@ssebasgoo]

If you want to do a research job, a PhD will always have more weight than a master degree on your resume. It's hard to get so people will usualy take you seriously.

[@DJcyberslash]

@@ssebasgoo I see. but how do you get to making enough money to enjoy your life? I thought that was the goal of going to college other than meeting potential spouses and business partners and meeting people of different backgrounds.

[@ssebasgoo]

@@DJcyberslash Oh no, if it's your goal, don't do a PhD. xD In fact, they are 2 possibilities for you after optaining a PhD : stay in academia and do what's called "a post doc" OR work for the industry. The pay of the post doc isn't that great and you'll be pressured to produced papers while you'll meet a lot of interesting people, travel a lot and be a lot more intelectualy challenged by your job than anyone. In other hand, the industry knows how to reward their doc with a really good pay, you won't be as much pressured to wright papers but you will work for someone who wait for results and that can be stressful. And if you want to build a family, that's the way to go because a lot of post docs are suffering from there constant "moving around the globe from post doc contract to post doc contract".

[@DJcyberslash]

@@ssebasgoo so I guess it's for people who want to advance their specific field? Interesting. I'm more of a business person.

[@ssebasgoo]

@@DJcyberslash A master will already be great. PhD is a lot of work and stress, you won't need it.

[@Renelgitanogypsyadven]

I love that you're proud of where you have ended up at. This is what Trump supporters don't get because they've forgotten where they have come from. Native Americans the only ones that have been here for millenia

[@ScrotN]

So just some standard checks.

[@superhenkable]

This whole comment section and video are excuses to brag

[@masterd6644]

Wow all that talking and never mentioned what is P.H.D.

[@Clone-up2ge]

well uhh...... you should kinda just search its definiton... you know on the... device you are using right now?

[@johnhamirkarim3696]

Read the title again

[@buffer-ethio]

Pointless

[@patientpalabendela7173]

Thanks