Event: Graduate Opportunities in Europe
1/11/2008 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
European graduate education is undergoing substantial revision with "The Bologna Plan" The goal is to eliminate barriers to mobility by aligning the basic divisions (bachelors, masters, doctorate) with the system in the US and UK. Many PhD programs are also declaring themselves to be "international", meaning that English is the language of instruction. There are still substantial barriers to the typical North American applicant. The recruitment of doctoral students often looks just like postdoctoral recruitment in the US. The N. American student is bewildered that they can't find an application proceedure to either the University or the Deparment (at many Universities, Departmental entities don't exist). In astronomy and astrophysics, there are considerable graduate opportunities at laboratories that aren't universities. The panelists will help prospective students and student advisors see the method in the apparent madness to open these opportunities to N. American students.
Organizer: George Lake, University of Zurich