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Doing a PhD at Informatics@Edinburgh

Doing a PhD at Informatics@Edinburgh. Don Sannella Informatics Graduate School. Do you want to do a PhD ?.  Advancing the frontiers of knowledge  Personal satisfaction  Passion for the subject  Improved j ob prospects  3+ years of hard and possibly lonely work

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Doing a PhD at Informatics@Edinburgh

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  1. Doing a PhD at Informatics@Edinburgh Don Sannella Informatics Graduate School

  2. Do you want to do a PhD?  Advancing the frontiers of knowledge  Personal satisfaction  Passion for the subject  Improved job prospects  3+ years of hard and possibly lonely work  Success not guaranteed

  3. What is PhD study like? • Challenging work • ... with the help of an experienced supervisory team: principal supervisor + assistant supervisor • Research apprenticeship

  4. What is PhD study like? • First year: fill in gaps in background, learn about current research directions, pick a topic, develop a research plan, start the research • Second year: follow plan and achieve goals 1, 2, 3, discover that goal 4 is unachievable, change to plan B, achieve goal 4B • Third year: write thesis outline, achieve more goals from plan, write thesis, look for jobs, submit thesis • Fourth year: oral thesis examination

  5. What else will I do? • Practice presenting your research • Talks, papers, workshops, conferences • Learn more • Seminars, MSc courses, summer schools • Learn to teach • Tutorials, other teaching assistance • Transferrable skills training • Presentation skills, management skills, entrepreneurship skills, ...

  6. Funding • There are around 50 scholarships for 2011/2012 entry • Wide range of sources; some require action from you • If you have a degree from UoE: 1st class degree: Difficulty ranges from fairly easy (UK) to very difficult (non-EU). 2.1 degree: harder 2.2 degree: unlikely

  7. What do I do now? • Visit www.inf.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate • Find out about our research • Decide what you want to do • Write a research proposal • Find two referees • Submit an application • Wait for the result

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