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Is there such thing as a part time PhD?

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  • 19-07-2012 10:37pm
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    WilcoYHF
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    Hi All,

    I'm just about to finish a part time masters in Renewable Energy. I didn't really get what I wanted from it but the research project was quite good. The circumstances aren't right for me to do a full time time PhD but a part time one might just be what I'm looking for.

    So is there such a thing?


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    Dr Strange
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    WilcoYHF wrote: »
    Hi All,

    I'm just about to finish a part time masters in Renewable Energy. I didn't really get what I wanted from it but the research project was quite good. The circumstances aren't right for me to do a full time time PhD but a part time one might just be what I'm looking for.

    So is there such a thing?

    Yes, the unis that I know usually offer all or most of their PhD's also on a part-time basis. I'd say it just depends on your supervisor, project etc. Once you have sorted that out and discussed the possibility of doing the PhD part-time with your supervisor you should be able to registere as a part-time PhD student.


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    Jay777
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    However getting funding for a part-time PhD may be difficult.


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    dyl10
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    Jay777 wrote: »
    However getting funding for a part-time PhD may be difficult.

    This


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    Powerhouse
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    Apart from obvious things like the length of time allowed for its completion, and the accompanying effect on fees, does anyone know if there is a practical difference between a part-time and full-time PhD?

    For example does registering full-time for a PhD entail commitments to the University to give tutorials and other stuff like that?


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    dyl10
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    Powerhouse wrote: »
    Apart from obvious things like the length of time allowed for its completion, and the accompanying effect on fees, does anyone know if there is a practical difference between a part-time and full-time PhD?

    For example does registering full-time for a PhD entail commitments to the University to give tutorials and other stuff like that?

    It depends on your field but usually those commitments are competitive and a good thing to get (from a financial perspective). In most cases, I would imagine that if you didn't want them, you wouldn't need to take them.


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    Raphael
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    On the other hand, and thankfully this seems to be a minority, but is sometimes the case - in UCD Physics, all PhDs need to do some tutoring/demonstrating unpaid. Not much, but some. I believe Engineering is the same.


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    dyl10
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    Raphael wrote: »
    On the other hand, and thankfully this seems to be a minority, but is sometimes the case - in UCD Physics, all PhDs need to do some tutoring/demonstrating unpaid. Not much, but some. I believe Engineering is the same.

    Are those for students who have some portion of their fees/stipend paid by the university or is it a programme requirement?


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