Post #745400

@foxy Here are my answers: 0) Finland. 1) Four years is the target, after your Master's. (There's currently a pilot program aimed mainly at STEM fields where it's three years.) In actuality it takes much longer, unless you're incredibly lucky with funding. 2) 40 credits ECTS, most of which can be chosen very freely. The actual dissertation is 0 credits but almost all of the work. 3) There are no TAs in my field (the humanities) here. You might get paid to *teach* a course or two, if your university is forced into a situation where they actually have to hire someone to do so; if you have full-time research funding (grant or salaried doctoral researcher position), there's a set maximum (something like 5-20% of your hours) that you can spend on teaching or any other work.