Questions tagged [university]
Queries related to universities, as an institution of higher eduacation that grants academic degrees and provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education.
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Is Ohio State University considered a good pure mathematics school for undergrad? [closed]
Just like the title states. I am also considering graduate school so does it have a good reputation for pushing kids to good graduate schools?
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Will an MEng in CS degree be a problem for getting admitted to a PhD in CS program? [closed]
I'm planning to attend an institute for an MEng in CS. In that institute, the only difference between an MEng and MS degree is that the MEng degree consists of a capstone project, whereas MS degree ...
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Changing thesis MS application to non-thesis MS application [closed]
I have applied for thesis based MS program at Purdue. Is it a good idea to email the university and tell them to consider me for non-thesis based program instead of thesis program?
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Principal Investigator would not let me publish conference paper. What should i do?
So a little bit of background first. I work in research and while i am fairly new to the profession ( going to be 10 months soon ), i am nearing the completion of a Conference paper.
This is my ...
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A potential supervisor said 'happy to supervise me for PhD', but I'm not in the minimum requirement. Is it guaranteed to be accepted? (UK) [closed]
After the interview, a potential supervisor said: "Really Happy to Supervise You" with possible funding. However, the problem is that I'm not in the minimum academic requirement (grade) in the ...
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Department Funding: What are ways to collect fund?
My apologies as I am pretty new (a lecturer) in academia and I do not understand a lot of things.
This question should have different answers depending on the rules of universities, but I am just ...
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Is there a limit to how many full professors a department can have? [closed]
For example say a department has 5 full professors and 5 associate professors right now. Can we say that, assuming all the associate professors are good (and no retirements, institution changes, etc), ...
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If I'm racist/sexist/homophobe etc, can I still be admitted to Cornell University? [closed]
This completely hypothetical question is based on Cornell's founding statement:
"I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study."
-- Ezra Cornell, 1868
And ...
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Why don't first world universities commonly have biomedical engineering at B.S level [closed]
Our teacher in an image processing class at my local University said that there is no biomedical B.S degree in top University of first world countries ( based of his last resident in USA and his ...
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I dropped out of my masters degree a year ago and am being threatened by my college that they will blacklist me
I took a masters a couple of years ago and dropped out because my supervisors weren't helpful, were demotivating (told me they could do my research in two months and asked why I hadn't finished mine), ...
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Are postdocs in your own institution frowned upon?
Is it typically preferable in academia to pursue postdocs in institutions other than the one one has received a PhD from? I have heard on the grapevine that this is the case, but is there anything to ...
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Is it smart to transfer from a local University to OSU for mathematics after two years? [closed]
I am a senior in high school and having a hard time deciding where I want to go for college. I will definitely pursue math as I love the subject. I've done some research and OSU seems like a very good ...
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What is a good strategy for studying for an hard exam? [closed]
I am an engineering student, and I have to prepare an exam about robotics. The exam is hard and I have already failed it once.
The problem is that the material on the book and the lectures of the ...
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Who decides a university's stance on a topic? [closed]
To illustrate what I'm thinking of, this page by UCL on Brexit says:
Are EU students welcome in London?
Yes. In the words of Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London: "To the almost one million Europeans ...
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What matters the most when choosing a post-doc — the reputation of a research institution or the reputation of a mentor? [closed]
I would like to ask SE community here about where one should pursue his/her postdoctoral research. At a wold's top three university with an early-career assistant professor or at a top 50 university ...
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Advice on what to do about academic situation that ended badly?
(Content warning - some people may find this post distressing due to discussions of mental health and self-harm.
Hello academic community - I could use some advice! I’m a 1st year PhD student, and I ...
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Create YouTube videos on exercises of a University level course
Is it acceptable to create YouTube videos about exercises of a University level course ?
I struggle to follow a quantum mechanics course I need to take and thought about making YouTube videos where I ...
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University students and staff think my son is rich. Is there a possibility of altering this mentality? [closed]
My son is in his second year at a UK univ. For privacy, I won't say his degree. We live in Canada. Given vacations, he's in the UK for just 7 months. He had to lease — they accommodate just year. We ...
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Can university educators provide private tutoring to anyone seeking it? [closed]
Let me elaborate: I’m aware that school teachers often do private tutoring for children on the side (although I believe it’s only ethical/fair if they tutor children from other grades, classes or ...
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If I get a bachelors degree without a high school diploma, will I be able to study masters or PHD?
I dropped out when I finished grade 11, and started my career as a software developer. I've had a very good experience and working now as a senior software developer.
So, I saw a program in one of the ...
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Do universities in US contain rooms for discussions between students
In India, many universities I know personally does not have any discussion rooms intended for students. There are class rooms(for normal lectures), faculty cabins, seminar halls, administrative ...
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Who is an Academic Associate? [closed]
I've recently shifted my career to teaching at University, and I am quite not familiar with the post I am assigned, from the answers what I have read for entry-level Assitant Professor and Associate ...
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Where to Address Issues With Bad Class Formats
A little background info: So I'm in my second year of studies at a state university in the town I live in. I'm specifically going to school for computer science. As I said, I'm in my second year, but ...
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UK university salary scales confusion — advertised job pay seems very low, any ideas why?
I've just seen a job advertised by a London university for a job similar to mine but as senior lecturer. I'm confused because the bottom end of the salary listed is lower than what I am currently on ...
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Academic dishonesty: Sending material to other group members?
To help with the rest of the members for the group assignment I sent some images of a guide on how to do academic research for assignments.
This ordinarily came from another unit of mine, which was ...
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I was caught cheating on my university GE exam [closed]
I got caught cheating on my university GE exam, and I am afraid suspension, I know I was wrong, should I just email prof to said I sorry and you can give me 0 in this exam or other advance to me that ...
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Breach a Hiwi (TA) contract
I'm a Master's student at one of the TUs (Technical Universities) in Germany. I have been working as a hiwi ("Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft", or Teaching Assistant) under a PhD for the past one year.
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What exactly happens when a department head is contacted about a specific instructor in a specific course?
Related, but not what I'm getting at
In one of my courses at a University, I overheard some of my classmates talking before a very difficult test (we knew it was going to be hard beforehand based ...
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What's a realistic workload per blackboard hour for teachers during the semester?
There is this excellent thread about teaching workloads across the world on Academia SE: Is 100 hours per year of teaching a heavy load for a lecturer?
I would now like to continue this discussion ...
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Contacting a Professor for a PhD in the US (Engineering)
I am new around here so go easy on me :) this question is directed at anyone with experience with graduate studies in the US.
A little background information about myself:
I am wrapping my up my M.Sc....
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What to do when the professor does not stand up to cheating? [closed]
I was the teaching assistant (TA) for a very introductory physics course at a large state university. In the course of grading for this class, I came to learn that my university used the same course ...
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Is it typical to not list class instructors during undergraduate enrollment?
Enrollment for undergraduate students has just started at my university. Perusing the classes for my department though, only a couple of the dozens of classes being offered have an instructor ...
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What did Peano meant by “R. Universitate”?
In a book written by Giuseppe Peano, it is written "Prof in R. Universitate de Torino" i.e. "Prof in R. University of Turin".
I guess "R" stands for "royal" but I have no proof of that.
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What is the use and importance of recommendation letters?
In my country recommendation letters to enter the equivalent to an MBA or PHD are just a suggestion, not necessarily, and/or irrelevant. In some cases they are shunned because they are considered ...
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What is the best way to express my condolence to a professor? [duplicate]
I am a Ph.D student at the university. Every student has a favourite professor same as mine. I really care about and our student-teacher relationship growing stronger day by day. My professor really ...
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Would the professor leave the classroom if only 1 student uses their cellphone during class? [closed]
I’m a college student. My class has only 40 students. My professor left the classroom before class ended because, like he said, too many students were using phones while he was talking. It was not ...
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positioning yourself for research positions after graduating from a PhD in a different country
I asked this on Reddit also but didn't get any responses so I am trying here.
I am a first year PhD student thinking about how I can start to better position myself to get a research position after ...
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I dropped out of college a decade ago. How do I finish my graduation now? [Pune, India]
I was a student of Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) - Computer Engineering, from 2007 to 2010 in Pune, India in MIT AOE - Maharashtra Institute of Technology Academy of Engineering - http://www.mitaoe....
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How to tackle interviews trying to leave a recent lab
Both me and my current PI agree that I am not a good fit for the lab I joined 1 month ago. I have good recommendations from my previous PI from grad school, How do I tackle interviews and job ...
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What happens if a department runs out of space? [closed]
I'm curious what happens if a department runs out of space - e.g. they are expanding, but they don't have enough rooms for their faculty, postdocs, visitors, etc. It's presumably possible to squeeze a ...
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Searching for remotely working industrial Scholarship For university department Students [closed]
I am biomedical Engineering student and CEO(chief executive officer) member of one new Medical device manufacturing Company (from third world countries), we have here many Students with no specific ...
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LetterHead for LOR
I am applying for Graduate school in US. I have 2 years working experience and i have 3 people ready from my company to provide me the letter of recommendation but as a whole the company will provide ...
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What sets “top” universities apart from “mediocre” universities in continental europe?
Every year rankings are published that list Oxford, Stanford and the like at the top, while many(most?) universities in continental europe share ranks well beyond 100. I myself am a Phd student at a ...
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What does it take to be a researcher/professor at a top, top university?
I'm just an undergrad, so I'm not really asking this question for myself. This comes more from general curiosity. I know/know of several people who did PhDs from top universities (e.g. Princeton, MIT, ...
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Part-time UK lecturer - how much admin and what counts?
Can anyone give me a guide to how much admin a part-time university lecturer should be doing. My employer is so very vague and I have no idea if I'm doing too much, or if I can just say no. It seems ...
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Why did it become so much more expensive to start a university?
In 1873, Johns Hopkins University was started with an inflation-adjusted $144.5 million. In 1884, Stanford University began with an inflation-adjusted $139 million. Meanwhile, in 2009, KAUST was ...
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Does FERPA require parental notification of disability assessment?
There are significant barriers asking and negotiating disability supports and accommodation at a college/higher education level. There is also a lack of awareness and education of the rules and ...
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Do universities maintain secret textbooks?
Textbooks are highly important resources for course work as well as for research work.
Some textbooks are freely available over internet. Some textbooks can be purchased.
Is it true that there ...
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Invitation to visit university for PhD
Recently, I have been interviewed for swedish phd and I have gone through several skype interviews and writing task. They have send me an email that I am a strong candidate. Now they are asking for ...
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Are there any institutes removing teachers based on less performance in publications? [closed]
Consider the four cadres: assistant professor, associate professor, professor and above.
Are there any universities or other institutes across world in academia that removes from office permanently, ...
