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djosey
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Hey forum!
Now, to give you a quick background, I'm a 25 year old french guy, planning my career in physics at the moment. So I've come across something that I've found to be quite surprising: in the UK, a PHD seems doable without a masters degree and after only three years of undergraduate study. And a phd takes 3 to 5 years. Now for me this possibility sounds very appealing, you have your phd one year earlier than in my country (France) and you are eligible to phd funding much earlier too. However, it also raises some questions:
Now, to give you a quick background, I'm a 25 year old french guy, planning my career in physics at the moment. So I've come across something that I've found to be quite surprising: in the UK, a PHD seems doable without a masters degree and after only three years of undergraduate study. And a phd takes 3 to 5 years. Now for me this possibility sounds very appealing, you have your phd one year earlier than in my country (France) and you are eligible to phd funding much earlier too. However, it also raises some questions:
- wouldn't a candidate with only a honours degree be disadvantaged compared to a candidate with a masters as he applies for a phd or funding? what other possible drawbacks could there be of not doing a masters degree?
- what's the rough % of people with an undergraduate degree (assuming with good grades) who would have the possibility of doing a phd if they wanted to. To clarify, is there lots of competition and selection at the undergraduate - phd frontier in the UK?
- Are there any other countries who have a similar system?
- One bonus, more general question: what's the percentage of phd students who are funded? From what I've seen, it seems to be the norm (i'm including teaching and research assistanships here), i'd like a confirmation on that if possible.