• Question: how long did you have to study to become a scientist?

    Asked by s12drkal to Mo Rassul, Krishna, John, Del, Catherine on 10 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by sunshine246, proffessoratom0901, .
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      Adelle Thrower answered on 10 Mar 2014:

      Hi,
      Thanks for your question
      I did a four year BSc degree in biomedical sciences which included a year working in a lab. I was en able to be a scientist- I then did a masters degree in cellular pathology- this can be done in a year but I took two as I don’t like to rush things 🙂 this allowed me to be a senior scientist

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      Muhammed Rassul answered on 10 Mar 2014:

      Well in my point of view everyone one is a scientist, as long as you ask questions about the world around you. It varies depending on what field you want to go into. You can be a scientist in a pharmaceutical company as soon as you finish your degree (which is normally 3 years). For a researcher in a university you normally have to do a PhD which takes 3 to 4 years.

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      John Foster answered on 10 Mar 2014:

      Hi,

      I would say I started studying to become a scientist when I started school. I always wanted to be a research scientist so I made sure I picked subjects that would help with this e.g. Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Maths and even Geography! This helped to give me a basic understanding to help with everything else I have learned since.

      There was a lot more work after this though as I did a 3 year first (undergraduate) degree followed by a 4 year PhD before starting the job I am in now. These taught me even more about science and I was shown how to do very complex experiments and how to decide what the next experiments were going to be!

      So, 7 years from finishing my A Levels to being a real Lab scientist!

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      Krishna Mohan Surapaneni answered on 11 Mar 2014:

      I have pursued my undergraduation in Microbiology, Biochemistry and Chemistry. After that I have completed my post graduation in Medical / Clinical Biochemistry and then PhD in Medical / Clinical Biochemistry.

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      Catherine Mansfield answered on 12 Mar 2014:

      After my A levels I did a 3 year degree followed by a 1 year masters degree and finally a 3 year PhD. So in total it was 7 years after finishing school.

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