Post #749824
2026-03-24 08:44 UTC
@foxy
0) Netherlands, Neurobiology.
1) nominally 4 years. It took me 8.5 years to actually graduate, which is definitely longer than most (average ca 6 years, after the end of the 4-year contract often unpaid on the side). Master's is typically required. A PhD program is considered a temporary job, not a study.
2) technically none, though the institute had a graduate school that gets you another certificate along with the PhD if you complete half a year's worth of MSc-equivalent courses.
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@moritz_negwer@mstdn.science 2026-03-24 08:49
@foxy@blahaj.zone 3) teaching is part of my contract, not a separate job. I taught very few classes. Instead I mentored interns that worked in the lab on my project for 3-12 months full-time. Over the course of my PhD, I've mentored 9 interns in one capacity or another. Most became co-authors on the papers that resulted from the work, and I couldn't have done this workload without them.