Timeline for In the US, if I cannot finish my PhD in 5 years, will I lose my stipend and have to pay for my own living costs?
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| Sep 27, 2017 at 20:16 | vote | accept | Ka Wa Yip | ||
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| Mar 27, 2015 at 3:02 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Mar 22, 2015 at 12:50 | comment | added | GEdgar | I believe in the Humanities, a Ph.D. often takes much longer than that. And students may receive no stipend at all. To earn a Ph.D. in film criticism, be prepared to support yourself while you study. | |
| Mar 22, 2015 at 8:51 | comment | added | WetlabStudent | as a point of information, some schools will count external fellowships against your 5 years and others will not. This is something to consider even if you don't currently have one. Say you get an NSF fellowship your 2nd year, in one case you have 8 years of guaranteed funding while at many schools you won't. Do ask. | |
| Mar 22, 2015 at 4:57 | answer | added | Shayne | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 22, 2015 at 1:00 | comment | added | Chan-Ho Suh | I doubt it's a contract. Typically it would be an offer letter and people have found out the hard way that it is not binding at all upon the department or university. Usually the department would in good faith try to do whatever they promised. If they have funding issues, you'll be lucky to get the five years and you certainly won't get more without some finagling and maneuvering by your advisor. | |
| Mar 21, 2015 at 18:31 | answer | added | user10885 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Mar 20, 2015 at 23:09 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Mar 20, 2015 at 22:55 | comment | added | D.W. | What contract? Contract with whom? Does this "contract" say anything about your specific question? Why are you signing a contract? It's rare for US Phd programs to give you a "contract" to sign. Please edit your question to elaborate on the relevant aspects of your situation, and explain why you think this is something generalizable that is not limited just to you. Usually a one-line question is typically not a good fit for this site (often it indicates that additional information needs to be provided). | |
| Mar 20, 2015 at 19:10 | answer | added | confused | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 20, 2015 at 13:27 | comment | added | StasK | You got the living costs covered??? Man was I ripped off by my Ph.D. program! | |
| Mar 20, 2015 at 11:56 | answer | added | bfoste01 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 20, 2015 at 6:41 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackAcademia/status/578808519190831104 | ||
| Mar 20, 2015 at 5:48 | answer | added | Jeromy Anglim | timeline score: 5 | |
| Mar 20, 2015 at 2:59 | answer | added | Anonymous Mathematician | timeline score: 40 | |
| Mar 20, 2015 at 2:57 | answer | added | jakebeal | timeline score: 6 | |
| Mar 20, 2015 at 2:57 | answer | added | ff524 | timeline score: 10 | |
| Mar 20, 2015 at 2:55 | history | edited | ff524 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 20, 2015 at 2:55 | comment | added | Ka Wa Yip | USA. I found that quite a number of students need 6+ years to graduate. | |
| Mar 20, 2015 at 2:52 | comment | added | ff524 | It depends on what country this is in, what field, whether your supervisor has extra funding, whether your supervisor thinks you're making reasonable progress, whether you can help get external funding for your work... lots of variables that make it impossible to answer here. | |
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| Mar 20, 2015 at 2:48 | history | asked | Ka Wa Yip | CC BY-SA 3.0 |