%TOC% ---- ---+ PhD in another country Some random comments regarding doing a PhD in another country (since someone asked). ---++ what are the "formal" requirements, when one applies to do a PhD abroad? In general, the formal requirement to be accepted is that you have your ,,magister" degree or equivalent and that you have a referee send a reference letter. However, you also need to apply many months in advance - different length of number of months and different deadline depending which country, most academic years start: * Europe, USA : around October * Japan : 1 April * India : August - e.g. http://www.iucaa.ernet.in/html/prog_grad_school.htm * Australia : around January - e.g. http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/education/index.php For EU phds (or postdocs!), there are country criteria, essentially you cannot apply for these to stay in your own country, or in a country you have lived in for a long time. For non-EU countries, you also have to apply for a visa, but normally this is only a (boring) administrative question - the university/institute will help you do this admin stuff. ---++ What is most important? Marks in the student's index? Hard to say. If you think of the criteria as filters, then it's probably something like: * If you have good marks, then continue to the next filter; else if you have bad marks, you have very little chance of being accepted; else if you have middlish marks, continue to the next filter. * The quality of your reference letter(s) is a very important filter, but... * It depends a lot on how well the researchers at the place you apply know your country/institute/supervisor. Anyone reading a reference letter has to apply a correction factor, which necessarily is very subjective. It's something like the trust factor among computer programs (e.g. razor). * Subject priorities of the place you are applying to. * Political power of the supervisor you would probably work with. The problem is that good marks are not enough: research requires someone to manage their own time, to want to understand things, to be creative, to be self-motivated. If you can get into informal contact (email, attend a seminar or conference, ...), and if you make a good impression, then there is much more chance that the people at that university/institute can get some judgment of your knowledge, way of thinking and will choose you. ---++ What are the conditions? France - 3-year standard doctoral contract gives conditions equivalent to a normal work contract: * http://www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/cid22653/le-contrat-doctoral-plus-simplicite-plus-garanties-pour-les-doctorants.html * http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000020552499&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id
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