• Question: How long did it take you to qualify from university ?

    Asked by Leann to Christopher, Dan, Jen, Mohan, Sarah on 6 Mar 2017.
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      Sarah De Vos answered on 6 Mar 2017:

      I did it part-time in 5 years. Full-time it would have taken me 3. The Master’s I’m doing is also part-time, over 3 years.

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      Mohan K answered on 6 Mar 2017:

      I did an undergraduate Masters programme in my first degree, so it took me 4 years to get a Master of Physics degree and skipped getting a Bachelor’s degree. I then had to train for a further 3 years where I did a second Masters degree part time over those 3 years.

      My route was fairly traditional but people have different experiences and there need not be any ‘typical’ was of doing it. There are a lot of part-time and distance learning options too to help fit higher education around life commitments.

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      Daniel Fovargue answered on 6 Mar 2017:

      I did university in the US. So it might be different for me. But there (if you’re curious) university is usually 4 years. Then 1 or 2 more if you want to do a Masters. My experience was average.

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      Jen Dennis answered on 6 Mar 2017:

      I spent 4 years at university doing a physics degree. Then I did 4 years of training in the NHS. So 8 years after leaving school until I was fully qualified. I got paid for 4 years of it, though! I also did a part-time PhD and that took me another 4 years to finish after the end of my training. Most folk don’t bother with that bit, though!

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      Christopher Mirfin answered on 7 Mar 2017:

      4 years maths and physics degree. Now in my 2nd year of my phd (4 years). It’s a long time, but investing in yourself is one of the best investments in life.

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