Michelle, The three year PhD is typical of the European Degrees - what is lost with the three year cycle is the course work which is virtually non-existent with the EU degrees. Personally, I found that the course work I took in my PhD was quite useful, however you might judge otherwise. I find that people are generally very accepting of foreign PhD's, what really matters is where you got it, and with whom? A PhD with Oxford, the Sorbonne, Leuven, Wageningen etc... are all well recognized.
Cheers! Fabrice On Apr 6, 2010, at 5:14 AM, Michelle Cook wrote: > I currently have a masters in biology and have been thinking about getting > my PhD, and I would like to get some international experience as well. So > my question is what is the difference between getting a PhD in the U.S. > vs. getting one abroad? I have heard that international PhDs are usually > research degrees (3 years) compared to a 4-5 year program in the States. > In terms of future employement, will an international PhD be accepted on > the samle level as a PhD earned from an accredited university in the > States (i.e. for government agencies)? I am really curious to hear your > thoughts as I would really like to study abroad. > > Thank you, > Michelle > ******************************************************** Fabrice DeClerck PhD Community and Landscape Ecologist Division of Research and Development CATIE 7170, Turrialba, Costa Rica 30501 (506) 2558-2596 fadecle...@catie.ac.cr Adjunct Research Scholar Tropical Agriculture Programs The Earth Institute at Columbia University ********************************************************
