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lookin for info on masters/phds

  • 02-10-2008 8:10pm
    #1
    clickerfingers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 191 ✭✭


    just wondering if anyone can explain a few things for me

    im in my final year of doin arts , have to do some sort of course after this but tryin to decide what. I went to a talk today as part of careers week and they were talking about doing phd's.

    i thought you had to do masters first, then phd, but now im confused after this talk. can you go ahead and do a phd straight away?

    when ppl talk about post grads, what are they talking about?

    how much and how long are these courses? and do any of them (masters) allow you to be paid etc?


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  • #2
    Pride Fighter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,729 ✭✭✭Pride Fighter


    Post it up on the Postgrads forum. They will help you out. But you will have to do a masters before a Phd for humanities subjects. In some science subjects, where they are crying out for postgrads and allow you to go straight to Phd. In arts you have to get a GPA of 3.08 or above to get into that masters. Postgraduates pay fees, usually 4-6 k per annum. You can get funding for it so dont be alarmed, as I said the postgraduate forum people know more of the ins and outs than me. Anyway, I am in the same boat as you, I am just posting up the bits I know and I hope I was of help.


  • #3
    clickerfingers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 191 ✭✭clickerfingers


    ok thanks a lot :)


  • #4
    Blush_01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,016 ✭✭✭Blush_01


    Do some serious research and make sure you choose the best university for your particular course. Otherwise you could end up wasting a year or more AND a lot of money.


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