Timeline for Why do most American universities offer funded PhD positions but not similar opportunities for Master's programs?
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| Jan 10 at 18:22 | vote | accept | Iman Mohammadi | ||
| Jan 6 at 21:43 | comment | added | Vladimir F Героям слава | @DavidMulder You literally and legally have the student status as a PhD student. Including the student benefits (taxes, ISIC,...). And receive a student scholarship and are enrolled in a study program. Also, some do not even get the work contract when they start although it is better now than how it used to be a decade ago. In some countries all PhD students are employed by the uni, but not everywhere. | |
| Jan 6 at 21:34 | comment | added | David Mulder | @VladimirFГероямслава Absolutely true that it depends on the country (and the field), but all fields have juniors, a PhD 'student' is just a junior employee. Just because you're learning and somewhat inexperienced doesn't make you a student. Maybe 'apprentice' would be a better term than 'student'. | |
| Jan 6 at 17:27 | comment | added | Karl | @xLeitix you want to mention that the master diploma is a somewhat hard prerequisite in most of Europe. We hire (or fund) fully educated professionals for their research towards a doctorate. | |
| Jan 6 at 17:24 | comment | added | Vladimir F Героям слава | @xLeitix That also depends on the european country and the funding. As a PhD student you are still often more a student (although not taking classes but doing research). Or a sort of staff or something in between if the funding gets you a real contract in sufficient amount (rarely 100%, but at least one has also the scholarship and some student benefits). | |
| Jan 5 at 14:32 | comment | added | xLeitix | The difference is even more clear in Europe. As a master student you are a student - anything that the university "gets" out of you is a happy, but ultimately unexpected, side-benefit. As a doctoral student you are staff, and it's commonly expected that staff gets paid. | |
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| Jan 5 at 13:52 | comment | added | Jon Custer | Big $$$ thing on your first bullet - professors get grants to do research, and pay students out of them. PhD students are worth the money (around for years to learn and get things done). Masters students don't have the same payback at all. | |
| Jan 5 at 8:03 | history | answered | cconsta1 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |