• Question: how many years does it take to be a scientist???

    Asked by anon-196146 to Sebastian, Paddy, Lee, Jennifer, Fiona, Eleanor on 8 Mar 2019. This question was also asked by anon-196698.
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      Sebastian Cosgrove answered on 8 Mar 2019:

      It depends what kind of scientist you want to be, but I did my undergraduate degree first, which took 5 years, then I did my PhD after that which took 3 and a half years. So i was in further education for nearly 9 years. Although as science is always changing, you are always learning, so you never really finish training!

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      Jennifer Harris answered on 8 Mar 2019:

      GCSEs and A-Levels = 4 years
      Undergraduate with placement year = 4 years
      Masters degree = 1 year
      PhD = 4 years

      Total 13 years!!!

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      Fiona Scott answered on 8 Mar 2019:

      If you’re curious about how the world works, you’re already a scientist!

      For my particular role I studied science subjects at high school until I left at 18. Did a 5 year degree in Chemistry with Drug Discovery and am now doing a 3.5 year PhD which I should finish next year.

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      Eleanor Senior answered on 11 Mar 2019:

      I did a 4 year degree, ending in an undergraduate masters and now I’m just over half way through a 4 year PhD, so from leaving school it will have taken me 8 years.

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