What is the difference between a PhD and a postdoc?

At the outset, the topic discusses PhDs and postdocs, which has nothing to do with PhD students, PhD students are just students (it is very wrong to refer to PhD students as PhDs in China, only those who have obtained PhDs can be called PhDs). A Ph.D. is the highest degree awarded to a student in the education system. Postdoctoral is a temporary career name in the research system.

So the two are not the same concept at all. A Ph.D. is a diploma, and a postdoc is a temporary job. The main reasons for the emergence of this temporary work system for postdoctoral fellows are:

Many academic majors, especially those with strong theories, have a very small job market, and in order to train these doctors, the society and families have invested a lot of financial and material resources, and in order not to let these ** lose and their studies are wasted, so the society provides a rescue and care system for doctors who cannot be employed temporarily, which is the origin of the postdoctoral system. Therefore, it is appropriate to refer to postdocs in Western countries as PhDs who cannot find a job.

In my opinion, postdoctoral training is a temporary position, not a degree. The best people in the faculty market don't need to do a Ph.D. to get an assistant professorship directly. There is a graduation **, a defense, and a graduation ceremony for the doctorate; None of these postdocs, he doesn't need to pass any audits, and there is no closing ceremony.

In my opinion, doctoral students are considered students in school, and they need to attend classes and study when they are in the lower grades. Postdoctoral fellows are employees of the university, working full-time research or teaching. There is not much difference between the jobs of senior doctoral students and postdocs. The treatment of postdoctoral fellows is slightly stronger than that of doctoral students, but it is not high.

I think the biggest difference is that a Ph.D. is a degree, while a Ph.D. is not. Then, you are a student during your PhD, and you are completely subordinate to your teacher and do projects for him. And the post-doctoral is work, which is more like you have to take on some projects independently.

I know that postdocs can apply**, and they are more independent. In some cases in China, the postdoctoral job is actually the same as that of a lecturer or assistant professor, except that there is no teaching task. Therefore, the salary is also higher than that of the doctoral stage.

1. A PhD is the highest degree, which means the highest level you can get as a student (in some countries, PhD students are also in a job position, such as Germany).

Postdoctoral fellowship is a kind of working or semi-working experience after graduating from a doctoral degree or obtaining a doctoral degree.

2. Postdoc is not a degree, just an experience.

3. In developed countries, that is, the origin of postdoctoral fellows, many doctoral students find it difficult to find a fixed job position after graduation, and if they are ready to strive for a fixed job position, they go to the unit they want to go to (generally a university or other scientific research institution) to engage in certain research work, and this experience is postdoctoral. In our country, it is almost completely changed, and it is more like a kind of postdoctoral education in form, which is to enter the so-called postdoctoral workstation and issue a certificate of experience after leaving the station.

4. You have to make one thing clear: the highest degree in almost all countries, including China, is a doctorate, and postdoctoral is just a kind of work experience (although it is more like an education in China, it is still classified as work experience).

I don't think anyone would go to another school to study for a doctorate in the same major after getting a doctorate in a certain major from one school, because this kind of behavior is meaningless. However, many people will change schools to do the second round of post-doctoral studies after the first round of doctoral studies is full; This is not because they like to collect post-doctoral titles from different schools, but because they can't find a formal teaching position.

A Ph.D. is a doctoral student who is currently studying or graduating, and the Ph.D. is the highest degree in the current degree sequence, and the domestic degree sequence is Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate.

Postdoctoral fellowship is in the domestic context, that is, after graduating with a doctorate. It can be unemployed, or it can be a job. Nothing in particular!

I think most of the postdoctoral research work will be related to the research direction done during the PhD, but it is not necessary. However, unlike the funding and guidance from the boss during the doctoral period, the postdoctoral work is more like a small boss, and you need to apply for a grant by yourself.

I know that in the United States, the postdoctoral salary is higher than that of doctoral scholarships, but it is not very much. For example, the Penn Mathematics Doctoral Scholarship is now about 30,000 yuan a year, while the postdoctoral scholarship is close to 60,000 yuan. However, the tax that needs to be paid by the postdoctoral is also much higher than that of the doctorate.

Hehe, the postdoc is the doctor's wife, this is a joke. A doctorate is a kind of degree, and a postdoctoral fellow is a doctor who can't find a job and finds a temporary job, or continues to do it without finishing the topic, all of which need to work in the postdoctoral workstation, and if you can't give this kind of person a name, it's called postdoctoral.

I would rather regard the postdoctoral students in China as the step to become a lecturer or assistant professor, because now more and more universities will no longer directly hire fresh doctoral graduates, and they must be postdoctoral students, or even foreign postdoctoral students.

I don't feel very much about status, but I think that postdocs are a transition between students and independent PIs, so they should be at least higher in research than PhDs.

Postdoc is the transition between master's and doctorate, lagging behind and higher than master's.

I think if you have completed your PhD and you don't get your PhD by defending it, then you can't claim to be a PhD on your resume, which is cheating. But after you do a PhD, even if you quit after only one month, you can still write about the one-month post-PhD experience on your resume.

A postdoctoral fellowship is a position and experience in scientific research, not a degree. A Ph.D. is the highest academic qualification and degree.

The doctor is still studying, and he is not yet independent, and the postdoctoral researcher can be independently responsible for scientific research tasks, write majors**, and most of them also have the task of taking a doctorate. Postdoctoral fellows should work in the same field for a few more years, accumulate thick and thin, and change units within a year.

It's just that I didn't find a suitable job after graduating from the doctorate, so I found a place to make a transition after studying for a doctorate, and I still have a salary.

Doctors talk about cross talk, and postdocs engage in science and technology, this is the difference.

A Ph.D. is a student (Ph.D.), and a post-Ph.D. is a Ph.D. student (who has no suitable job at the Ph.D. station).

Recently, the pair of formula cross talk, and the high-speed rail tyrant sitting man, I found that I read too many doctoral books, no emotional intelligence, and that Miao Fu, known as a doctor of linguistics, makes people feel that the doctor is too worthless, and now the economy has developed, and a lot of high education has been derived, but high education does not mean high quality, or use the saying of the ancients: It is better to read ten thousand books than to travel ten thousand miles.

Postdocs are thick-skinned. Doctor. Just don't die. The rest is the doctor's money. Together, they are not afraid of death. Be cheeky to earn money.

Finding a job after graduating with a PhD is the majority! A small number of people who can't find a job have to wait, Ph.D.!

The person standing behind the doctor is called a postdoctor.

The doctor's wife is a postdoc.

The Ph.D. is a student, and the post-Ph.D. is a job.

Ph.D. backstage postdoc.

The highest degree is a Ph.D., and a postdoc is a period of work experience, not a degree.

One is a degree, the other is an experience.

1. The meaning of the title is different.

Ph.D. is the term given to a graduate student who is pursuing a Ph.D., and it can also be used to refer to a person who has obtained a Ph.D. degree. In foreign countries, it specifically refers to people who have obtained a doctorate, and in China, doctoral students are also referred to as so-and-so doctors.

Postdoctoral refers to those who are engaged in scientific research in universities or research institutions after obtaining a doctorate, and are generally engaged in research in postdoctoral mobile stations or postdoctoral research workstations.

Second, the identity is different.

Ph.D. status is a student. You also need to pay tuition fees. Postdoctoral fellows, on the other hand, belong to staff members and have a fixed salary income. And like ordinary employees, they need to pay taxes, social security, etc., and from then on, the length of service will be calculated.

Third, the status is different.

The doctor is still a student and is not a social worker, nor does he enjoy the salary of a worker.

Postdocs are regular state staff. During the postdoctoral research period, the length of service should be calculated in the same way as other regular employees, and in addition to enjoying the preferential treatment stipulated by the state, they should also enjoy the same various benefits as the regular employees of the unit.

Fourth, the nature of the work is different.

Ph.D. is just a title, but it doesn't need to be a job title. In the process of study, doctoral students can carry out scientific research work under the leadership and guidance of their supervisors, and their work is dependent on their supervisors.

Postdoctoral fellows are staff members who are not included in the formal establishment and must move out of the station after the expiration of the work period, and are actually in a state of mobility until they get a permanent job. Although they are not official staff members of universities or scientific research institutions, they can apply for their own independent projects, which has more flexibility and initiative.

Fifth, the difference in income.

Because many universities at home and abroad have a large number of scientific research**, doctoral students with excellent academic performance can often get higher scholarships, which not only free of tuition, but even basically solve life problems. But in any case, as students, they have no salary.

Postdoctoral fellows, who are non-staff personnel employed by scientific research institutions and universities, enjoy the same treatment as regular employees of the unit. Some doctoral graduates from prestigious universities earn even higher than ordinary employees because of their super ability.

First, the nature is different.

According to China's degree regulations, there are three levels of degrees in China: bachelor's degree, master's degree and doctoral degree. In terms of the level of degree, a PhD is the highest level.

A postdoctoral fellow is a specialized research experience at a research institute after graduating from a Ph.D. The state acknowledges this experience, and some schools may set the salary of postdocs higher than that of doctors, which is a specific policy.

Second, the admission method is different.

As a first-level degree system, the admission of doctoral degree adopts two forms: examination admission and examination admission. At present, most colleges and universities adopt the method of unified examination. There are also schools that adopt an audit system.

In principle, there is no examination for the admission of postdoctoral fellows, but only an examination system, which is reviewed according to the application submitted by the doctorate.

Third, the identities are different.

If you re-read the doctorate, you will still be a student, and you will enjoy the treatment of a student. Postdoctoral fellows are generally not called postdoctoral fellows, but called postdoctoral workstations to engage in research, that is to say, at present, many universities in China are recruiting postdoctoral fellows, and postdoctoral fellows enjoy the treatment of school faculty and staff during the research period.

Ph.D. and postdoctoral fellows are not the same concept at all: the former is the highest degree (there are three degrees in China, bachelor's, master's and doctoral), and master's degree is the same as a graduate degree; The latter is simply a scientific work or a scientific work experience. A Ph.D. is currently the highest degree recognized worldwide, and there is no higher degree after a Ph.D.

In other words, after graduating from the doctorate, a person's student life is completely over, and there is no longer any desire to go to school, and it is over.

Incidentally, only those who have graduated with a Ph.D. and received a degree can be called a "doctorate" in the strict sense of the word. Therefore, it is not standard to call doctoral students who are still studying and have not yet graduated as "doctors", and should be called doctoral students or doctoral students. Only those who have graduated with a Ph.D. and obtained a degree are called "Ph.D.s." or "Ph.D. graduates".

The full name of a postdoc is the Postdoctoral Mobile Research Station, and it is a job, not a higher degree than a doctorate.

Generally speaking, postdoctoral refers to those who are engaged in discipline research in colleges and universities or research institutions after obtaining a doctorate, and are generally engaged in research in postdoctoral mobile stations or postdoctoral research workstations. Therefore, it is important to remember that a postdoc is not a degree, it represents a period of work experience.

Doctor is the difference between postdoctoral, doctor is during the study period, no, it is during the period of study, postdoctoral has graduated from the doctorate, it is during the period of further study after graduation, the school doctoral students are studying for the doctorate, learning and learning are real, after obtaining the doctorate, exercise two people, there is a time difference, not synchronous doctorate, it is before obtaining the doctorate, and the postdoctoral life is after obtaining the doctorate.

A Ph.D. is a degree, a doctoral candidate. A postdoc is a doctoral fellow who is still engaged in scientific research in the school after graduation.

The difference between a PhD and a postdoc is that it is a different level, a postdoc is an acupuncture point that is read after the PhD exam, and he is a higher degree than a PhD.

Postdocs are of a higher rank than PhDs, and the content of research is deeper and more specialized.

A postdoc is a person who continues his studies after graduating from a doctorate. Qualifications obtained. The postdoctoral degree is higher than the doctoral degree.

The difference is that postdoctoral fellows are actually more professional than doctors.