On changing from one discipline, sub-discipline, or department to another during one's education, or mid-career.
Questions tagged [changing-fields]
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What is the most common way to change fields in academia?
If you are a young scientist, how can you change fields? Is it better to make one big leap and apply directly to a new job or postdoc or trying to make small consecutive steps during your current job? What should be those small steps?
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As a beginning graduate student I am not passionate about my field
Question: If I don't feel passionate about a field should I stick with it for at least my first year, or should I leave before putting my time in?
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This fall semester will be my first semester in graduate school. This summer I am doing…
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Post physics PhD, how could I go about working in ecology, environmental science or earth sciences?
I am approaching the end of a PhD in experimental physics. My work involves building and operating experimental equipment, primarily optics, with some electronics. I also have a significant data analysis and theoretical component. I majored in…
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How do people changing fields after PhD overcome competition with "locals"?
There are a number of questions here about changing-fields. Those are mostly about how common it is, how it affects future career, or whether a move from X to Y is feasible (example 1, 2, 3). At any rate, it does happen — I have come across people…
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Recent PhD graduate, can I change fields and get back into it?
I'm a recent PhD student who specialized in field X and have a couple options open in this field for my work. I like the field and it is field with opportunities in academia and industry.
That said, field Y is a passion of mine, it's very different…
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Changing fields between Msc and Phd
I got my Bachelors of science degree in Computers and Systems Engineering from a top university in my country 2 years ago. I am now having a fully funded opportunity (as a research assistant) for a Masters in computing science (Thesis option) at one…
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"Catching up" after two years in the wrong school
I'm a student in a mid-ranked computer engineering school in France. This is unsatisfying to me for several reasons:
I recently discovered that I strongly prefer the mathematical aspects of computer science to the programming side of it, and I…
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How to apply for professorship in another field?
I am an associate professor of chemistry and all my education was in chemistry programs too. But my works were always in computational science. I developed various programs for analyzing chemical data. All I work with are programming language and…
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Masters in math, bland PhD in CS, want to go back to math
All of the following is in Italy.
I have a master's degree in mathematics and at the moment I'm in the final months of funding in a PhD in Computer Science (not sure if I'll be able to finish my thesis in these months).
I'm in this PhD due to a…
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Making a Lateral Jump in Fields for a PhD
Currently I am an MSc student in Resource and Environmental Economics. In the pursuit of further graduate studies, I think that I would be a lot more interested in pursuing something along the lines of quantitative sociology or applied mathematics.…
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Is it possible for someone to do their masters in Maths once they've earned their degree in Computer Science?
I was wondering. Is it possible for someone to major in Maths as in do their masters in Maths once they've earned their degree in Computer Science?
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