• Question: what age did you get your phd

    Asked by JK for life to Fran, Peppe, Greg, Petros, Pooja, Rumman on 13 Nov 2017.
    • Photo: Petros Papapanagiotou

      Petros Papapanagiotou answered on 13 Nov 2017:

      I was 31 years old when I finished my PhD. It took me around 5 years, but I took a break for around 9 months to work on a different but related project.

    • Photo: Fran Zuch

      Fran Zuch answered on 13 Nov 2017:

      I don’t have one yet. If I think it is going to be useful or interesting, then I might start one after I finished my degree which might be in 2 or 3 years.

    • Photo: Giuseppe Cotugno

      Giuseppe Cotugno answered on 14 Nov 2017:

      I started my PhD when I was almost 27 years old, in 2012. I am still doing my PhD which is expected to finish next year, although next year it will probably be “only” performing an exam, improving the thesis based on the comments of the examiners and attending the graduation ceremony. Normally a PhD in this Country takes 3 years full-time (+1 year to write your results in a thesis, most of people need that too) or up to 6 years (+1 year) part-time. I took longer than usual but I don’t consider this common practice

    • Photo: Greg Chance

      Greg Chance answered on 14 Nov 2017:

      Graduated at age 25, although it usual to be 26-27 or even older if you study in France or Germany for example.

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