• Question: How long did it take to get all your qualifications ?

    Asked by anon-240308 to Tom on 9 Mar 2020.
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      Tom Dally answered on 9 Mar 2020:

      Overall, its taken me 9 years (since my A-levels): 3 years for my degree, 2 years for my masters degree (I did it part time alongside working), and 4 years for my PhD. I also took a little bit of time out in between degrees. But it’s important to note that you don’t *need* to do all these degrees to be a good scientist. It depends on what you want to do and where you want to end up!

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    Emily commented on :

    I’m still getting there!

    I went to university straight after my A levels, and did an undergraduate Masters which took five years (because I went to a Scottish university, where degrees are typically a year longer than in England or Wales). My fourth year wasn’t actually spent at the university though, I did a year in industry so worked for a company, which was a great experience.

    I’ve been doing my PhD for nearly three and half years now, and will finish this summer, so overall it will have taken me nearly 9 years.

    There are loads of different routes you can take to get qualifications though, so it will be different for everybody.