Questions tagged [age]
Questions about how age of the researchers and applicants to higher education may affect their opportunities in academia and their research productivity.
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Concerns about a very old PhD advisor?
I’m thinking about taking a 70-year old math professor as my PhD advisor, in a US school. I like his teaching and research. If I don’t choose him, I would probably have to switch fields, which I can ...
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Why do most talented children still enter college after the age of 18? [closed]
Considering how the complexity of science is growing with each passing year, it would make sense for people to start working on their degree as soon as possible. However the academic system in place ...
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Average age to start a PhD and correlation to future career
Which is the average age in which persons start their PhD? Is this age in some way related to the post PhD plans a person does?
In my (European) experience I have 3 groups of people, with the ...
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Why are there some really young professors and other much older lecturers without professor status?
I was just wondering how this is possible, there are some 50+ year old people who are 'Dr. X Y', and others who are maybe "only" 40 years old , but they are 'Professor Dr. X Y'.
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In choosing between MD-PhD and PhD, how should I factor in the expected age at which I'll start my career as a professor?
My ideal career is to be lead a lab at a university as a professor.
If I completed a residency and fellowship after an MD-PhD, which I think I'd love because of the 80/20 split that fits my ...
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Having decided to become a researcher after long career in industry, should I work independently or start a PhD?
I'v been doing software development work for almost a decade. I really love doing research work but I am always doing programming work in companies. I could join a PhD program 15 years ago after my MS....
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I am 58 years old, can I pursue a PhD? [duplicate]
I am interested in doing a PhD in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at any of the premier American Universities. I have a postgraduate degree in Industrial Engineering from Indian ...
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Any experience in working with aged emeritus supervisors?
Recently, a graduate position, supervised by an emeritus faculty member has been offered to me. The aforementioned professor is one of the most famous contributors of his field on the planet for over ...
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Median age at doctorate by field of study and country?
This excellent answer to another question offers some statistics on median age of doctorate recipients from U.S. universities in 2009, across different disciplines.
However, we know that there is ...
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Age limit for research position or postdoc in pure mathematics?
I have read the questions in this website regarding age and PhD. But I couldn't find on age limit for specifically for pure mathematics and for an academic career (research position / postdoc / ...).
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Is it too late for me to be pursuing a degree in medicine? [closed]
I will be 26 years old soon. I did my bachelors in Mechanical Engineering and I worked in an investment bank for sometime. Then I joined a masters in Applications of Mathematics, but I dropped out ...
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What's the average retirement age in the universities in British (UK/Ireland/Australia/NZ) system?
In UK/Ireland/Australia/NZ, they don't seem to have a set retirement age. However, when do faculty members actually retire, or 'have to' retire (due to peer pressure, for example)?
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Age vs career in natural science [duplicate]
Due to my country's education (we finish high school later than other countries), a year off, doing master's degree, I am finding myself in my first year of PhD in States being 26 years old, ...
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What to do if professor comments on candidate's age in an admissions interview?
I'm 34. I received a degree in computer in 2008 and have been running a business ever since. Recently, I decided to apply for a postgraduate program in healthcare in January.
To show that I was ...
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Earning a Phd at an older age [duplicate]
I have a masters degree in Physics and I have worked in Italian high school for 15 years. Now I'm 47 and I wish to have a bachelor or masters degree in Math, because I'd like to change job. How ...
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How much do my career prospects suffer if I start a mathematics/CS PhD. at the age of 27?
I was doing a PhD in a different subject and that was going nowhere and I lost interest in everything that I was doing. But I always loved mathematics and during the dark days of my 3rd of my (former) ...
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How were people able to graduate with a PhD at a such young age in the past?
When I read up the bibliography of the mathematicians and scientists in the early 19th to 20th century, I am always shocked at how they were able to graduate university with PhD(s) at such a young age....
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Am I likely to be perceived as less successful if I start as an assistant professor at age 40?
Several professors, including my former advisor and a senior member of my research community, have been encouraging me to apply for a faculty job. I am torn about it mostly because I am 40 years old. ...
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I want to do research but I'm too old for a PHD
I really love research. I started a research project in graduate school for my M.A. in English. My research topic is a very viable and interesting topic for a dissertation. I'll be 60 on my next ...
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How should I take a potential PhD supervisor's age into account, when planning to follow PhD with habilitation?
I plan to apply for PhD in Finance/Statistics next semester, and hence searched for potential supervisors.
An issue I have is that many interesting candidates are above age 60, and in Germany ...
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Does age matter to get a job/postdoc?
I stayed at home after I got married, but at 25 years old I decided to study History. Now I've finished my BA, MA, PhD and postdoc. I've got several publications and I can say I have a very ...
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At the age of 27 is it worth shifting PhD. from strings to computer science?
Will the effort required to learn a completely new subject from scratch be outweighed by the better job prospects when one is looking for faculty positions?
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Are old (>35) faculty candidates discriminated against all over the world?
I think that in India research institutes will never take a faculty candidate who is over 35. Is it so all over the world?
I am asking this question from the point of view of if someone starts their ...
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At the age of 27 is it worth changing graduate schools and starting again?
I am interested in areas of theoretical physics/mathematics which simply don't exist in my institute. I tried 2 or 3 different groups here which were not in my interest (but I felt I had some ...
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Will my age affect my chances of finding a funded PhD position?
I just finished my masters studies. My question is, will my age (29) affect my chances of getting a funded PhD position? I finished Bachelor of Engineering when I was 24 (took 6 years to graduate, ...
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Am I too old for academia after a PhD? [duplicate]
Currently, I am applying for PhD positions at United States and Canadian Universities. I will be 35 when I start my PhD in Computer Science/Machine Learning, and probably I will finish it around the ...
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How important is age in CS PhD admissions?
I just entered a MS in Computer Science in a mid tier state school. I'm interested in taking things to the next level, but I just turned 30. By the time I do the math and everything, I'll probably ...
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How old is too old for a PhD?
Are there any age limits (formal, informal, or guidelines) that schools use when deciding to accept someone into a PhD program? I'm most curious about the upper age limits. For example, will most ...
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At what age do professors stop taking new students?
Assuming STEM, At what age do tenured professors stop taking new students?
I am a first year PhD student and have my eye on one professor who seems to be really interesting and I feel he finds me as ...
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Age and Graduate school
I am 33. I live in the US. I am a neither a US citizen, nor a green card holder. I have worked in various jobs as a research assistant (physics, biology, economics) usually involving programming, ...
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