duoyan

It is right that PHD means "permanent head damage". You will be suffered on research, worry about your future career and fundings.

Mostly professor will provide you scholarship, but this is guaranteed. Scholarship varies from 0 to 35,000 yearly, typically 15,000 to 21,000. However,
As an immigrant, you are eligible to apply for many other fundings and awards to support your study. NSERC is the highest reputation scholarship in Canada, which will benefit your academic reputation. Keep looking, you will have many opportunities. But as I know, most PHD students just simply depend on their supervisor's support, and rarely explore other opportunities. Theoritially, you are able to receive several scholarships at the same time. Suppose, you have three 20,000 scholarships, you would be a very rich PHD student. Hahaha.... However, Very often, once you have got another scholarship, your supervisor will stop his offer.

In addition, the research and professor job market, which asks for PHD title, is very small, and many PHDs fail to find a proper job. Others just wander in Universities as Postdocs for many years, and hardly find a door to the real job market. Because most professors only conduct you on research, but do not guide you how to establish yourself. Due to the cultural and educational problems, most chinese students are lack of those skills.

If you are able to graduate before 35 years old, and your English is very proficient, especially your writing, you could consider to pursue a PHD. Otherwise, you should be very carefull with this desicion.

nightsh

Post by duoyan
  Due to the cultural and educational problems, most chinese students are lack of those skills.

这点持保留意见   至少CS专业近年来是有越来多越多的中国教授了 :wink: 不过另个帖子里不是说了么，”教授都是混子里的loser“

cjjunfine

好啊！这帖越来越热闹了。各位还有什么高见？

mao878

1. If you would like a faculty position in a western univ. Then
        to pursue a Ph.D is a must
             However, u still take great risk to struggle against unemployment or endless unstable post-doctors.

2. Elseif you plan to be a Prof. in China, Then
        your Ph.D degree that you spent 4 - 5 tough yrs getting, can enbale you
             However, those positions won't guarantee you any high salary and cozy life.

3. Else you would like to develop your competency for successful career & a better normal life
         you can do anything else except pursuing Ph.D.

Endif

just joking, anyway, a person pursuing Ph.D  is respectable  :rolleyes:

nightsh

Post by mao878

2. Elseif you plan to be a Prof. in China, Then
your Ph.D degree that you spent 4 - 5 tough yrs getting, can enbale you
Endif

编译错误

博士刚毕业的回国当faculty才没人要呢，土鳖会想尽办法阻挠的，只有在国外功成名就的才行，因为土鳖知道你没兴趣抢他工作

cjjunfine

我本来就是想读PHD毕业后回国抢饭碗的，您这么一说又没戏了。

KIDDING

Post by nightsh
编译错误

博士刚毕业的回国当faculty才没人要呢，土鳖会想尽办法阻挠的，只有在国外功成名就的才行，因为土鳖知道你没兴趣抢他工作

bellefemme

然后在北美的大学里找份工作，很难实现吗？
听说过些年大学老师会缺很多呢！

nightsh

Post by bellefemme
然后在北美的大学里找份工作，很难实现吗？
听说过些年大学老师会缺很多呢！

这得看什么样的工作了，tenure track的就比较难，其他的应该粉容易的