I am making what comes out to just under 50,000 dollars a year in Germany. Pay is standardized at the national level in every state but mine (so I end up making about two dollars a month more than my colleagues in other parts of the country). It is very much an upper middle class salary where I live and it's wonderful to not be worried about survival.
Germany is one of the best countries for young scientists. As a Postdoc I make 3k after taxes. It's above the average for the country and very more than enough salary to have a nice life
In the humanities and social sciences you get paid only 50% in Germany, most of the time. Kind of frustrating… in my subject (musicology) many phd students don‘t even get paid at all. 0€. They have to work outside the university.
10 years ago my PhD stipend in a US university was around 23K, which after taxes was around 19K. Rent was easily 50%. I was an international student and my main concern was not having enough money to buy a ticket back home in case something bad happened to my parents.
I’m a PhD student at Lund University (Sweden) we have salary ~3K€ per month (~2.3-2.5 after taxes). Since it’s salary we also have free insurance (not free, from taxes, actually). And with that cost of living is around 1K€ (rent is about 400-700€); so, it’s just wonderful :)
I did gradschool at the University of Toronto in a Biochemistry program. Didn't like the program or the city decided to master out and do PhD in Switzerland instead. The conditions for a U of T graduate student are frankly Dickensian. 55% of my stipend went to rent and I lived with 2 other people in a rat-infested house 30 minutes from downtown. Transport swallowed up another 7% of my salary. Food is another 15% (10% if you eat Ramen and rice every day or go Vegetarian). There remains very little afterwards in terms of saving for rainy days, clothes, medicine and other expenses so have to heavily restrict your social life. Good luck if you have family far away and need a yearly trip. It's very difficult to get by much less enjoy your 20s unless you have a supportive family that can house you or send money. PhDs can be very long too. The one big positive is it's a great university with great facilities, you have access to a decent student health insurance and the career development offices are quite good. Whoever is considering a PhD in Toronto or Vancouver think very carefully on the cost of living vs stipend issue. Other Canadian cities have slightly lower stipends and excellent universities but substantially lower living costs. Just spreading the word whoever wants to go to Canada for a PhD.
@@drfareehafatimaThey are great! I'm poor by swiss standards but can afford healthcare, going home once a year, leisure, studio appartment and week-end trips occasionally
I applied for a Ph.D. in European law in Norway and I went there for a Ph.D. interview last August. When I saw the monthly salary I felt blessed as it would be impossible to live in Norway without it. 😅I am 1 out of 5 candidates who could get the job, but they need 2 candidates. So fingers crossed, if I receive good news or bad news in October. ☺Even though you mainly focus on the academic field of chemistry during your video's, I must say that some of your information is quite useful for the academic field of law as well. Keep up the good video's!
I love your work, mate! I watch your content very frequently and, so far, I haven't found a single video that is not relevant nor poorly argued. Thanks a lot!
I'm a current chemistry PhD student in St Louis, MO, and we get $20k per year. It works out to $1500 per month, average cost of living here is about $1600-$1800 per month. We are advised not to take a second job, and since our assistantships require us to work in the tutoring center, we aren't allowed to charge money for private tutoring.
I'm starting a PhD at a London university at the start of october, in Chemistry! The UKRI announced a stipend increase of 10% since the article was written, but because I'm directly funded by the university I'm waiting to hear if my stipend will increase too... fingers crossed. I knew I'd be taking a financial hit to do the PhD, and I'm not after riches but it would be a weight off my mind to know I could cover my rent for this year a bit easier, particularly as inflation is going so mad. Planning to do some demonstrating, not least because I love teaching but also the cash would be handy!
Thank you for this video, very much appreciated! My MSc stipend was terrible, I could only survive by living at home with my parents and the university I attended was in the same city...
In Switzerland, you should get around 47000-50000 CHF annual salary. It is not a scholarship. Depending on the university and the field of study, it can be somewhat less or more. Around 10% is then deducted from this for taxes and social security contributions. Important for foreigners. When you leave the country, the pension fund is paid out. But you have to apply for it. To live (flat, health insurance, food, clothes, etc.) you need about 30000 CHF. The flat, 1 room, should cost about 1300-1700 CHF/month. The rents are expensive and this is by far the most expensive cost.
Hi I'm Samuel from Indonesia but currently master at Imperial College London I have a plan to pursue my PhD program at ETH Zurich. I'm just wondering how much the monthly expense for small family if I bring my Wife and one children (5 years old) Is it enough for me if rely on stipend? or should I look for scholarship for additional income? Thank you so much
@@darmasamuel6129 You can add another CHF 10,000 to the minimum. The new minimum is CHF 40,000. More than half of this additional amount is just for health and accident insurance. Another problem is that the housing market has become even more difficult. I would say with a family it's getting very tight. You have to calculate very well for clothes, food, etc. With a family, you are on the poverty line. That won't be much more than work. Well, as a PhD you work a lot either way. In your free time, you'll hardly be able to go on trips with your family or spend money on hobbies.
@@darmasamuel6129 I forgot something. If you're doing a PhD in computer science or engineering, things would look better. Then the salary is higher. Then you can live ok if you watch your expenses.
Being an online graduate, I’m kicked in the teeth twice! No stipend (yet) and working full time in a foreign country! In my first year, one of the courses I want to attend/find is a grant application course!
Just coming across this video (love your channel btw!).. me and my fiancée are PhD students in Hawaii (UH Manoa). I make around 33,000 after taxes as a RA in Oceanography on an NSF GRFP. My fiancée, on the other hand, makes 19,000 as a TA in Second Language Studies. Bizarre that she’s doing additional work on top of her dissertation and barely getting paid enough to live in Hawaii, where the cost of living is among the highest in the US. Our small studio apartment is $1200 a month!
Hi y'all! I'm a PhD student in Belgium and we earn around 2400 € per month after social contributions (PhD students aren't taxable). I think Belgium and the Netherlands have really competitive universities and pay schemes relative to the Scandinavian countries. Don't forget to include these countries on your prospect list for PhD apps!
Hi Andrew. Your videos are fantastic. I have tuition fee alone. Other expenses I sort them out myself. This really affects my progress. Kindly make a clip on how and where to get scholarships. Thank you.
You have to take into account that the cost of living in Switzerland, Denmark or Norway is much higher than in the Netherlands, Germany or France. Cost of living in southern europe is among the lowest of the eurozone. So the salaries in Scandinavia are great, but they compensate in part for the cost of living.
University of Miami just increased our stipends to 35,000 USD, yet to live in Miami is insane. My husband works a full time job too, but our one bedroom is $2600 a month... it has definitely caused setbacks and takes up my mind with worry. I tutor to get some extra cash, but it has been hard.
I´m looking into doing a PhD in law in the next couple of years, your videos are a great source of information on what is really like to do so. My country (Chile), while being a developing country has invested heavily into academic research, with scholarships that covers the tuition, plane tickets, 300 USD for books annually, and a stipend of 30.000 USD/yr for any university in the world, the only "limitation" is that you have to go back and live in Chile for 2 years after completing the PhD. Now I don't know if this is something common, but is definitely helpful to have.
Estás viendo por Conicyt? Es complejo si lo haces acá en gringolandia porque el estipendio se vuelve nada con lo mucho que cuesta todo. Ahora, entre hacerlo y no, es una buena opción, aunque te recomiendo europa.
@@Parbfh173bcja igual lo que te dan de becas chile lo sumas a lo que te ofrece la universidad asi que en la mayoria de los casos vives decente, lo que hay que hacer es preocuparse para pensar en algo y no volver jajaj
I really think your contribution is most valuable. I was lucky to get my education in Denmark at a time when you got spoiled....I am happy not being in the rat race today.
Scholarship was $25K/yr at the university in calgary, not including cost of tuition or anything else. However, the university in edmonton offered no funding at all for the equivalent. Yet, with the $25K/yr, it was still 4 years of total poverty with the expectation of high performance. Choose your life goals wisely.
My PhD stipend in Dublin, Ireland is €25,000 per year, including the tuition fees, and is still not even close to provide the very basics of life as cost of living in Ireland is just insane!
I just started in Dublin, Ireland. My stipend is 18,500 p.a. excluding the international fee which is such a shame. It is not even a living wage. There is a new petition to bump it up to 28,000 which happens to be the stipend for new PhD students. I cannot believe that Ireland being a part of the EU and the richest country at that gets away with paying dirt for money.
@@bananabatsy3708 It is funny and weird that they haven't changed the stipend amount for at least 10 years, regardless the noticable increase in cost of living. My fees are EU standard, and I can imagine how hard it's for Non EU to pay additional money. I don't think they will increase the stipend to the students who are already registered, as the initial contract applies for whole duration of PhD.
@@zmesopotamia6792 Yeah. What they can do is declare the additional stipend as an annual research "award" which can be awarded each year. But that is highly unlikely.
I did a PhD in Australia 2011-2015 and was paid absolutely nothing! I got a tuition fee waiver meaning I didn't have to pay them but I was not paid too. I had to work myself to keep myself going.
@@abdoulzeba2289 look for Marie Curie-Sklodowska initiative. One of the most prestigious in Europe (and the world). They also offer post-doc funding btw. No need to mention that it is HIGHLY competitive!
I would love to be able to take a PhD in Norway or Finland, not least for the research opportunity, but because they pay researchers a decent wage rather than us paying the university! Also I rather fancy the idea of a Finnish PhD where you graduate with a sword ;-)
Bear in mind that US universities have no obligation to pay anything to graduate students. In the sciences there are several sources of financial support for graduate students. They include research assistant, teaching assistant, and various fellowships/scholarships. Research assistant stipends are paid from the supervising professor's research grant(s). Research assistant and teaching assistant positions are generally considered to be half time appointments. A research assistant may be required to work on the professor's research (not the Ph.D. project), or they can be paid for work on the Ph.D. project. It depends on how the professor wrote the grant. Remember that US grants from the various federal funding agencies are categorized and if a prof doesn't ask for money to pay a research assistant, that prof can not use grant money to pay students. Teaching assistant positions are paid by the university, generally from money allocated to the departments for that purpose. A typical teaching assistant position is nominally for 20 hours a week (half time), although a TA position may require more or less time than that per week. Also teaching assistant positions are almost always academic year appointments (late August-May or September-early June. They almost never are 12 month appointments and there is no guarantee that an appointment will be renewed after the first year. Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant appointments do almost always come with tuition waivers (but often don't cover "fees". Summer teaching assistant appointments are available in some universities, but they are not a numerous as academic year appointments. Summer appointment do require that the student is enrolled as a full time student over the summer. Scholarships and fellowships are awarded to individual students often by external federal agencies (national science foundation, etc.) or the university. External fellowships and scholarships are just a lump of money and do not include tuition waivers. University fellowships/scholarships may or may not include a tuition waiver. There are actually graduate students who are not getting any support from the university or the professor's research funds. In addition graduate support varies quite a lot with discipline. In the sciences there are both teaching assistant positions and research assistant positions. In the humanities (literature, languages, history, etc.), the vast majority of graduate support comes from teaching assistant stipends since few professors have research fund with money for research assistants. Also, in the sciences, a teaching assistant will most likely be running lab sections associated with a lecture class. In the humanities the TA often is actually teaching an introductory course, particularly if they are Ph.D. students. Finally, teaching assistant positions often are time limited (2 years for a Masters and 3-4 years for a Ph.D.). Once a student passes those time limits they are often totally unfunded although students in the sciences may get research assistant support since that is normally controlled by individual professors. That said, I have seen students on research assistant support get cut off when a grant ended and the new grant didn't include funding for an RA, or worse yet, when the prof didn't get a new grant. Of course, all student support is conditional on the student making satisfactory progress.
I got into an international school (in Canada) and the stipend was slightly higher than for the US school that I was also accepted to. Cost of living in both cities would have been comparable. The US school however gave me a tuition waiver, the Canadian did not. I would have had to use my entire stipend plus some or take out a massive loan to pay yearly tuition. And I go to an R1 school on RA and I get only 21k a year (I have 5 years of chemistry experience before returning). So it is technically not livable here regardless. I only get by because I have a partner that supports me because I supported him while he was in school.
I am an American that did a Ph.D. at the University of Alberta. The year I started was the last year that the tuition waiver included the international student fees. Students who came after my start year had to pay those fees out of pocket. I don't know if it has changed since then (70s). Coverage of international student fees is generally a provincial thing in that the provincial government determines if stipends will include the international student fees.
In the case of Australia, if the value of the stipend is less than $35000 do not accept it and go for unis that are offering higher values . With current inflation in Australia, you should expect a very hard life for anything less than this amount.
Only 30 seconds into your video, and first thing springs to mind is 'rabbit hole'. I say this from experience. Being 4 months into a self funded Mental Health Nursing BSc I wonder is it worth it? It was my choice to start it and probably I will withdraw before I become so self invested it's too late! Universities tend to use business models nowadays.
These 5-digit yearly stipends make me chuckle. In Czechia where I'm doing my PhD, the stipend is on average 5500 $ per year. That can cover only rent for a room in a flatshare. It's just absurd and a slap in the face. Unless your supervisor is a grant guru, which I'm really lucky to have one like that, and can bring money from other resources you are left to starve.
Ph.D. stipends vary significantly between universities in Canada, even within the same province. They even vary between departments in some universities.
I would like to complete a PhD in business administration. Are there scholarships and what universities offer partial scholarships? There are no age requirements and what are the sites that offer scholarships
For me in Belgium it is okay. I gain 26k $ per year, it is tax - exempt and I did not pay any fees even for visa. Cost of living more less okay. For the moment I am happy about it but I have just started
Thank you for this video, I thought I was the only one worrying about this issue. How would you ask for an increase of stipend? I mean, we thought of inflation rates and reference of relative increase of standard PhD salaries for later years...
@@khushnoodibrahim973 Hi! Considering I'm Italian I know pretty well how the system works. During my BsC internate of 3 PhD students in my lab, one decided to drop his PhD for the stress accumulated, and another one decided to complete his PhD but not pursuing an academic career. In Italy researchers are paid low and they have to do also a lot of other things unrelated to their PhD, which complicates a lot all the process. In addition, climbing the academic system is pretty difficult, due to personal preferences rather than real meritocracy. This is why we have so many students that emigrates for a better place to do their studies and so few international students that come to study here. Despite this, some universities are still pretty good in terms of preparation, skills and preparation, like mine at Padua, but this is the unlucky reality through the all country.
@@lucabonaccio thanks friend you r living there u know better ? But what i was reading on the website that they pay 18k euro annually after tax deduction from(24k euro), can a researcher gets a TA/ RA job or as you mentioned that researcher have to do lot of other work are the paid work ? What is the academic career like professor ship after completing PhD?
I'm receiving a scholarship from the DAAD to do my PhD in Berlin and here, I'm getting 1,200 euros per month. It's hard but still manageable. I hope I can get a higher stipend.
My PhD program did not cover even the most basic living expenses by a long shot. I had to take a break for a year, work and save money, then quit and go back to finish.
I only lived on my $20K stipend because I lived in an uber cheap farming region with a couple of college towns. I only paid for $600/mo for my own apartment on a $1600/mo take home salary. I seriously wonder how any college or grad dtudents can even afford to exist where I am now in southern California. They probably make less than the current min wages nowadays.
About the Scandinavian countries, aren't the taxes super high in those countries?? So even if you get good amount, does it not balance it self out to almost minimum wage at the end of the day?
It doesn’t. There are several videos on how this works, here on RUclips. I didn’t believe the first one I saw, but there are dozens of such videos and several show their paycheck stubs for proof.
Ive got a 1st in my BSc hons and getting a first for my MSc but i cant afford to do a PhD. My prof said I can do it academically and ive always been very motivated and interested in my studies, but its the end of my academic journey because of costs.
As a current Chem PhD student in the US, my stipend is $35,000/yr. I only got this much money because I won a fellowship. As a TA or RA "hired" by the university you'd make about $29,000/yr. While I get by comfortably, I only do so because I have 4 roommates 🥲
I just finished a PhD in Norway. The amount of money we earned was insane. If anyone is interested in a country like this, your best bet is to do a masters in Norway, make connection/impress your supervisor so that when a PhD comes up, they will hire you most likely. They are always more willing to hire in-house if they can rather than take a risk on an outside candidate. This is your best strategy as the competition for these positions is intense. For my PhD position, 30 people applied which is a lot even though my topic is a little obscure. I was talking to a girl recently who applied for a PhD position in Biology in Tromsø and was told 183 people had applied.
I can only recommend Germany. Every PhD student (in a full time role) earns 50k a year, which is a decent to good compensation (depending on where you live). And while there may not be as many world class universities as in the US, the overall reputation is often very good nonetheless
That is Not True, unfortunately. In the Humanities, social sciences, and even some sciences you only get paid 50%. 100% is only usual in engineering, computer sciences and so on. In my subject (musicology) it is quite normal that a phd student gets paid 0,0€. We pretty much depend on stipends from third parties (usually 1500€/m) or work outside the University.
Hello Sir i am from India and i really loved your videos after seeing it ,, i have completed my master's and now i want to do PHD and its my dream sir to do PHD from abroad.. I am very confused that which country to choose and its difficult to find a research supervisor.. kindly if possible help me out
Hi Andy, would you mind to tell me that should i consider doing Phd even at the age of 44? :( ppl around me underestimate by saying that it is worthless for me.
I get about $13,200 usd a year, and it's quite stressing because my scholarship agreement says I cannot have any part time jobs or they will cancel my stipend :c I can do tutoring, fortunately
@@peterreki1659 It's in Taiwan ($408,000 NTD a year). I end up with barely the minimum wage of the country, considering I have to pay tuition too. Thank you, Peter!
I've been getting very nervous about my PhD stipend. I'm headed to Germany to start in January, but with the rising cost of living, the situation with Russia, and local unrest, I'm beginning to look for other sources of income besides my stipend.
Hong Kong is higher than all of these. HKU-PS and HKPF awards. Not subject to tax. Only thing is HK living is high (especially rent), but these prestigious scholarships enable high quality of living and savings. And HK bureaucracy is beyond the norm in academia so be prepared mentally for that!
Hey Andy, I am currently pursuing MSc in the UK and I will finish my program on the 9th January 2023, however, I intend to move to the USA for PhD next year September. Is it advisable for me to join the current application process that is running from this September to December/January since I haven't fully completed my MSc study?
It is☺️ PhD application deadlines are well before masters graduations, and you’re not expected to submit your full master’s transcipt/ actual diploma, but you have to indicate in your application and/or your references should mention that you are on track for a 2:2 /2:1 or 1st. For example I’m finishing in 2023 June, and hoping to start a PhD around 2023 October. The deadlines for an October start are around 2022 Dec/ 2023 Jan.
My package includes a $25,000 a year plus tuition, fees and health insurance. I live in a low cost of living city in Texas so it is enough to survive for me. I supplement this income with probably $300 a month or so (from savings) to live a bit more comfortably so I don't have to pinch pennies. But it would be nice to if they increased the stipend in light of the recent increase in inflation.
@@khushnoodibrahim973 I go to the University of Texas at San Antonio. I have an RA position, which is what pays my stipend, tuition, fees, and insurance.
and the way they treat PhD students as well sometimes is fucking ridiculous. they want to pay barely anything and expect you to take abuse and work 60-70 hrs.... 😑
Looks like my own country gives me more( india 45000 rupee +house rental allowance also i can do part time teaching worth 50000 rupee) than those abroad universities .
I am making what comes out to just under 50,000 dollars a year in Germany. Pay is standardized at the national level in every state but mine (so I end up making about two dollars a month more than my colleagues in other parts of the country). It is very much an upper middle class salary where I live and it's wonderful to not be worried about survival.
Germany is one of the best countries for young scientists. As a Postdoc I make 3k after taxes. It's above the average for the country and very more than enough salary to have a nice life
In the humanities and social sciences you get paid only 50% in Germany, most of the time. Kind of frustrating… in my subject (musicology) many phd students don‘t even get paid at all. 0€. They have to work outside the university.
How are you getting 50k? Everywhere I only see 25k stipend
@@EverGreenElephant musicology?? lmaoooo🤣🤣🤣
Are you doing a direct phd or have you done master's?
10 years ago my PhD stipend in a US university was around 23K, which after taxes was around 19K. Rent was easily 50%. I was an international student and my main concern was not having enough money to buy a ticket back home in case something bad happened to my parents.
I’m a PhD student at Lund University (Sweden) we have salary ~3K€ per month (~2.3-2.5 after taxes). Since it’s
salary we also have free insurance (not free, from taxes, actually). And with that cost of living is around 1K€ (rent is about 400-700€); so, it’s just wonderful :)
Renting a place for yourself ir shared
PHD in wat field bro?
What is your field in Lund? Do you like the system there? I'm about to consider applying.
I did gradschool at the University of Toronto in a Biochemistry program. Didn't like the program or the city decided to master out and do PhD in Switzerland instead. The conditions for a U of T graduate student are frankly Dickensian. 55% of my stipend went to rent and I lived with 2 other people in a rat-infested house 30 minutes from downtown. Transport swallowed up another 7% of my salary. Food is another 15% (10% if you eat Ramen and rice every day or go Vegetarian). There remains very little afterwards in terms of saving for rainy days, clothes, medicine and other expenses so have to heavily restrict your social life. Good luck if you have family far away and need a yearly trip. It's very difficult to get by much less enjoy your 20s unless you have a supportive family that can house you or send money. PhDs can be very long too. The one big positive is it's a great university with great facilities, you have access to a decent student health insurance and the career development offices are quite good. Whoever is considering a PhD in Toronto or Vancouver think very carefully on the cost of living vs stipend issue. Other Canadian cities have slightly lower stipends and excellent universities but substantially lower living costs. Just spreading the word whoever wants to go to Canada for a PhD.
How are the circumstances in Switzerland
@@drfareehafatimaThey are great! I'm poor by swiss standards but can afford healthcare, going home once a year, leisure, studio appartment and week-end trips occasionally
@@nicolasgrinberg1996 that's wonderful to know.
Just received the UKRI increase from £15,609 to about £17,668. Very much appreciated
I applied for a Ph.D. in European law in Norway and I went there for a Ph.D. interview last August. When I saw the monthly salary I felt blessed as it would be impossible to live in Norway without it. 😅I am 1 out of 5 candidates who could get the job, but they need 2 candidates. So fingers crossed, if I receive good news or bad news in October. ☺Even though you mainly focus on the academic field of chemistry during your video's, I must say that some of your information is quite useful for the academic field of law as well.
Keep up the good video's!
Good luck!
Good luck🤞
@Driftsイクラス Thank you 😁
@@fl12396 Thank you as well! 😁
@@kyara3069 Thank you! 😁
I love your work, mate! I watch your content very frequently and, so far, I haven't found a single video that is not relevant nor poorly argued. Thanks a lot!
I'm a current chemistry PhD student in St Louis, MO, and we get $20k per year. It works out to $1500 per month, average cost of living here is about $1600-$1800 per month. We are advised not to take a second job, and since our assistantships require us to work in the tutoring center, we aren't allowed to charge money for private tutoring.
I'm starting a PhD at a London university at the start of october, in Chemistry! The UKRI announced a stipend increase of 10% since the article was written, but because I'm directly funded by the university I'm waiting to hear if my stipend will increase too... fingers crossed. I knew I'd be taking a financial hit to do the PhD, and I'm not after riches but it would be a weight off my mind to know I could cover my rent for this year a bit easier, particularly as inflation is going so mad. Planning to do some demonstrating, not least because I love teaching but also the cash would be handy!
I wouldn't touch a PhD these days. The living costs are just unrealistic.
Thank you for this video, very much appreciated! My MSc stipend was terrible, I could only survive by living at home with my parents and the university I attended was in the same city...
In Switzerland, you should get around 47000-50000 CHF annual salary. It is not a scholarship. Depending on the university and the field of study, it can be somewhat less or more. Around 10% is then deducted from this for taxes and social security contributions. Important for foreigners. When you leave the country, the pension fund is paid out. But you have to apply for it.
To live (flat, health insurance, food, clothes, etc.) you need about 30000 CHF. The flat, 1 room, should cost about 1300-1700 CHF/month. The rents are expensive and this is by far the most expensive cost.
Hi I'm Samuel from Indonesia but currently master at Imperial College London
I have a plan to pursue my PhD program at ETH Zurich. I'm just wondering how much the monthly expense for small family if I bring my Wife and one children (5 years old)
Is it enough for me if rely on stipend? or should I look for scholarship for additional income?
Thank you so much
@@darmasamuel6129 You can add another CHF 10,000 to the minimum. The new minimum is CHF 40,000. More than half of this additional amount is just for health and accident insurance. Another problem is that the housing market has become even more difficult. I would say with a family it's getting very tight. You have to calculate very well for clothes, food, etc. With a family, you are on the poverty line. That won't be much more than work. Well, as a PhD you work a lot either way. In your free time, you'll hardly be able to go on trips with your family or spend money on hobbies.
@@darmasamuel6129 I forgot something. If you're doing a PhD in computer science or engineering, things would look better. Then the salary is higher. Then you can live ok if you watch your expenses.
@agggggg1916 thanks for your information ❤️.
Yes, I'm going to apply for Engineering, which is linear with my current degree at Imperial
Being an online graduate, I’m kicked in the teeth twice! No stipend (yet) and working full time in a foreign country! In my first year, one of the courses I want to attend/find is a grant application course!
Just coming across this video (love your channel btw!).. me and my fiancée are PhD students in Hawaii (UH Manoa). I make around 33,000 after taxes as a RA in Oceanography on an NSF GRFP. My fiancée, on the other hand, makes 19,000 as a TA in Second Language Studies. Bizarre that she’s doing additional work on top of her dissertation and barely getting paid enough to live in Hawaii, where the cost of living is among the highest in the US. Our small studio apartment is $1200 a month!
42000 USD in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong PhD Fellowship. I was awarded this fellowship in 2017
Hi y'all! I'm a PhD student in Belgium and we earn around 2400 € per month after social contributions (PhD students aren't taxable). I think Belgium and the Netherlands have really competitive universities and pay schemes relative to the Scandinavian countries. Don't forget to include these countries on your prospect list for PhD apps!
Can You manage a decent living with that money? I'm looking for options where i can bring My wife after settling
Hi. I am planning to apply as well. Can you pls advise which Scandinavian country is best option.
Hi Andrew. Your videos are fantastic. I have tuition fee alone. Other expenses I sort them out myself. This really affects my progress. Kindly make a clip on how and where to get scholarships. Thank you.
You have to take into account that the cost of living in Switzerland, Denmark or Norway is much higher than in the Netherlands, Germany or France. Cost of living in southern europe is among the lowest of the eurozone. So the salaries in Scandinavia are great, but they compensate in part for the cost of living.
University of Miami just increased our stipends to 35,000 USD, yet to live in Miami is insane. My husband works a full time job too, but our one bedroom is $2600 a month... it has definitely caused setbacks and takes up my mind with worry.
I tutor to get some extra cash, but it has been hard.
i saw that and thought it was a lot but then realized COL in Miami is crazy
I´m looking into doing a PhD in law in the next couple of years, your videos are a great source of information on what is really like to do so. My country (Chile), while being a developing country has invested heavily into academic research, with scholarships that covers the tuition, plane tickets, 300 USD for books annually, and a stipend of 30.000 USD/yr for any university in the world, the only "limitation" is that you have to go back and live in Chile for 2 years after completing the PhD. Now I don't know if this is something common, but is definitely helpful to have.
Estás viendo por Conicyt? Es complejo si lo haces acá en gringolandia porque el estipendio se vuelve nada con lo mucho que cuesta todo.
Ahora, entre hacerlo y no, es una buena opción, aunque te recomiendo europa.
@@Parbfh173bcja igual lo que te dan de becas chile lo sumas a lo que te ofrece la universidad asi que en la mayoria de los casos vives decente, lo que hay que hacer es preocuparse para pensar en algo y no volver jajaj
I really think your contribution is most valuable. I was lucky to get my education in Denmark at a time when you got spoiled....I am happy not being in the rat race today.
Scholarship was $25K/yr at the university in calgary, not including cost of tuition or anything else. However, the university in edmonton offered no funding at all for the equivalent. Yet, with the $25K/yr, it was still 4 years of total poverty with the expectation of high performance. Choose your life goals wisely.
My PhD stipend in Dublin, Ireland is €25,000 per year, including the tuition fees, and is still not even close to provide the very basics of life as cost of living in Ireland is just insane!
I just started in Dublin, Ireland. My stipend is 18,500 p.a. excluding the international fee which is such a shame. It is not even a living wage. There is a new petition to bump it up to 28,000 which happens to be the stipend for new PhD students. I cannot believe that Ireland being a part of the EU and the richest country at that gets away with paying dirt for money.
@@bananabatsy3708 It is funny and weird that they haven't changed the stipend amount for at least 10 years, regardless the noticable increase in cost of living. My fees are EU standard, and I can imagine how hard it's for Non EU to pay additional money. I don't think they will increase the stipend to the students who are already registered, as the initial contract applies for whole duration of PhD.
@@zmesopotamia6792 Yeah. What they can do is declare the additional stipend as an annual research "award" which can be awarded each year. But that is highly unlikely.
there is a housing crisis in Dublin so how can u live on 25k?
I did a PhD in Australia 2011-2015 and was paid absolutely nothing!
I got a tuition fee waiver meaning I didn't have to pay them but I was not paid too.
I had to work myself to keep myself going.
I had 5500 euros per months during my PhD personally (Marie curie fellow in EU). It was quite amazing!
Hi, I am interested to know more
@@abdoulzeba2289 look for Marie Curie-Sklodowska initiative. One of the most prestigious in Europe (and the world). They also offer post-doc funding btw. No need to mention that it is HIGHLY competitive!
I would love to be able to take a PhD in Norway or Finland, not least for the research opportunity, but because they pay researchers a decent wage rather than us paying the university! Also I rather fancy the idea of a Finnish PhD where you graduate with a sword ;-)
Bear in mind that US universities have no obligation to pay anything to graduate students. In the sciences there are several sources of financial support for graduate students. They include research assistant, teaching assistant, and various fellowships/scholarships. Research assistant stipends are paid from the supervising professor's research grant(s). Research assistant and teaching assistant positions are generally considered to be half time appointments. A research assistant may be required to work on the professor's research (not the Ph.D. project), or they can be paid for work on the Ph.D. project. It depends on how the professor wrote the grant. Remember that US grants from the various federal funding agencies are categorized and if a prof doesn't ask for money to pay a research assistant, that prof can not use grant money to pay students. Teaching assistant positions are paid by the university, generally from money allocated to the departments for that purpose. A typical teaching assistant position is nominally for 20 hours a week (half time), although a TA position may require more or less time than that per week. Also teaching assistant positions are almost always academic year appointments (late August-May or September-early June. They almost never are 12 month appointments and there is no guarantee that an appointment will be renewed after the first year. Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant appointments do almost always come with tuition waivers (but often don't cover "fees". Summer teaching assistant appointments are available in some universities, but they are not a numerous as academic year appointments. Summer appointment do require that the student is enrolled as a full time student over the summer. Scholarships and fellowships are awarded to individual students often by external federal agencies (national science foundation, etc.) or the university. External fellowships and scholarships are just a lump of money and do not include tuition waivers. University fellowships/scholarships may or may not include a tuition waiver. There are actually graduate students who are not getting any support from the university or the professor's research funds.
In addition graduate support varies quite a lot with discipline. In the sciences there are both teaching assistant positions and research assistant positions. In the humanities (literature, languages, history, etc.), the vast majority of graduate support comes from teaching assistant stipends since few professors have research fund with money for research assistants. Also, in the sciences, a teaching assistant will most likely be running lab sections associated with a lecture class. In the humanities the TA often is actually teaching an introductory course, particularly if they are Ph.D. students. Finally, teaching assistant positions often are time limited (2 years for a Masters and 3-4 years for a Ph.D.). Once a student passes those time limits they are often totally unfunded although students in the sciences may get research assistant support since that is normally controlled by individual professors. That said, I have seen students on research assistant support get cut off when a grant ended and the new grant didn't include funding for an RA, or worse yet, when the prof didn't get a new grant.
Of course, all student support is conditional on the student making satisfactory progress.
I got into an international school (in Canada) and the stipend was slightly higher than for the US school that I was also accepted to. Cost of living in both cities would have been comparable. The US school however gave me a tuition waiver, the Canadian did not. I would have had to use my entire stipend plus some or take out a massive loan to pay yearly tuition. And I go to an R1 school on RA and I get only 21k a year (I have 5 years of chemistry experience before returning). So it is technically not livable here regardless. I only get by because I have a partner that supports me because I supported him while he was in school.
I am an American that did a Ph.D. at the University of Alberta. The year I started was the last year that the tuition waiver included the international student fees. Students who came after my start year had to pay those fees out of pocket. I don't know if it has changed since then (70s). Coverage of international student fees is generally a provincial thing in that the provincial government determines if stipends will include the international student fees.
Great video, Sir.
In the case of Australia, if the value of the stipend is less than $35000 do not accept it and go for unis that are offering higher values . With current inflation in Australia, you should expect a very hard life for anything less than this amount.
Only 30 seconds into your video, and first thing springs to mind is 'rabbit hole'. I say this from experience. Being 4 months into a self funded Mental Health Nursing BSc I wonder is it worth it? It was my choice to start it and probably I will withdraw before I become so self invested it's too late! Universities tend to use business models nowadays.
These 5-digit yearly stipends make me chuckle. In Czechia where I'm doing my PhD, the stipend is on average 5500 $ per year. That can cover only rent for a room in a flatshare. It's just absurd and a slap in the face. Unless your supervisor is a grant guru, which I'm really lucky to have one like that, and can bring money from other resources you are left to starve.
Here in czechia if you are not part of other institution as well as your uni, it's really hard.
Waiting for your next video on postdoctoral stipend.
In canada the phd stipend has not increased since 2003, spread the word and change this.
Ph.D. stipends vary significantly between universities in Canada, even within the same province. They even vary between departments in some universities.
I would like to complete a PhD in business administration. Are there scholarships and what universities offer partial scholarships? There are no age requirements and what are the sites that offer scholarships
For me in Belgium it is okay. I gain 26k $ per year, it is tax - exempt and I did not pay any fees even for visa. Cost of living more less okay. For the moment I am happy about it but I have just started
Thank you for this video, I thought I was the only one worrying about this issue. How would you ask for an increase of stipend? I mean, we thought of inflation rates and reference of relative increase of standard PhD salaries for later years...
Thank you, Andy! Do you have any videos on funding for international students?
I feel like *Andrew Stapleton* 🤓 is the Intelligent Doctorate version of *Andre Tate* 😎
This is one of the major reason why I don't want to do my PhD in Italy; I hope for Germany or Denmark
Why friend ? I was considering for phD in italy ? Please let me know abt Italian PhD
@@khushnoodibrahim973 Hi! Considering I'm Italian I know pretty well how the system works. During my BsC internate of 3 PhD students in my lab, one decided to drop his PhD for the stress accumulated, and another one decided to complete his PhD but not pursuing an academic career. In Italy researchers are paid low and they have to do also a lot of other things unrelated to their PhD, which complicates a lot all the process. In addition, climbing the academic system is pretty difficult, due to personal preferences rather than real meritocracy. This is why we have so many students that emigrates for a better place to do their studies and so few international students that come to study here. Despite this, some universities are still pretty good in terms of preparation, skills and preparation, like mine at Padua, but this is the unlucky reality through the all country.
@@lucabonaccio thanks friend you r living there u know better ? But what i was reading on the website that they pay 18k euro annually after tax deduction from(24k euro), can a researcher gets a TA/ RA job or as you mentioned that researcher have to do lot of other work are the paid work ? What is the academic career like professor ship after completing PhD?
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This is so true! Exactly it is, I will never accept it is happening to me. It is our rights!!!!
I am doing a Ph.D. in Perth W. Australia and the stipend is 30,000 pa, I guess that is enough to survive.
Hello. May I know what’s is your major?
Getting a $$,$$$ in a USA, R1, rural, land grant university is well within the cost of living with ample leftover to save.
For cash cow, see the BCG matrix
I'm receiving a scholarship from the DAAD to do my PhD in Berlin and here, I'm getting 1,200 euros per month. It's hard but still manageable. I hope I can get a higher stipend.
Shame on you for putting your family in difficulty for a worthless PhD degree.
@@morimorian1437 why?? it is free
My PhD program did not cover even the most basic living expenses by a long shot. I had to take a break for a year, work and save money, then quit and go back to finish.
Thank you
I only lived on my $20K stipend because I lived in an uber cheap farming region with a couple of college towns. I only paid for $600/mo for my own apartment on a $1600/mo take home salary. I seriously wonder how any college or grad dtudents can even afford to exist where I am now in southern California. They probably make less than the current min wages nowadays.
Hong Kong is anothe place where you can get GREAT stipent for your PhD
About the Scandinavian countries, aren't the taxes super high in those countries??
So even if you get good amount, does it not balance it self out to almost minimum wage at the end of the day?
It doesn’t. There are several videos on how this works, here on RUclips. I didn’t believe the first one I saw, but there are dozens of such videos and several show their paycheck stubs for proof.
I am not doing a PhD, but I'm doing an EdD and there is no stipend available here in the USA.
Ive got a 1st in my BSc hons and getting a first for my MSc but i cant afford to do a PhD. My prof said I can do it academically and ive always been very motivated and interested in my studies, but its the end of my academic journey because of costs.
Yes, you can do a ph.d if it is fully funded, everything will be paid for.
As a current Chem PhD student in the US, my stipend is $35,000/yr. I only got this much money because I won a fellowship. As a TA or RA "hired" by the university you'd make about $29,000/yr. While I get by comfortably, I only do so because I have 4 roommates 🥲
Wow even in a low income country such as Poland, I know people who had 3000 euros/mo (in Poland, it is insane).
So basically PhD is same like working location is very important to be where income to cost of living ratio matters way more than numbers
I just finished a PhD in Norway. The amount of money we earned was insane. If anyone is interested in a country like this, your best bet is to do a masters in Norway, make connection/impress your supervisor so that when a PhD comes up, they will hire you most likely. They are always more willing to hire in-house if they can rather than take a risk on an outside candidate. This is your best strategy as the competition for these positions is intense. For my PhD position, 30 people applied which is a lot even though my topic is a little obscure. I was talking to a girl recently who applied for a PhD position in Biology in Tromsø and was told 183 people had applied.
Come to 🇮🇳 and you will see those no. of ppl are nothing compared to ours😂
In india we have to clear certain exams to get stipend, otherwise only few universities back you up.
I don't get any sort of Scholarship
So why are you pursuing a PhD what is the point of doing a PhD without a scholarship?
what about austria?
I can only recommend Germany. Every PhD student (in a full time role) earns 50k a year, which is a decent to good compensation (depending on where you live). And while there may not be as many world class universities as in the US, the overall reputation is often very good nonetheless
Would You suggest the Best cities to live there
That is Not True, unfortunately. In the Humanities, social sciences, and even some sciences you only get paid 50%. 100% is only usual in engineering, computer sciences and so on.
In my subject (musicology) it is quite normal that a phd student gets paid 0,0€. We pretty much depend on stipends from third parties (usually 1500€/m) or work outside the University.
Man but how you can pretend to be paid well for researching in musicology?@@EverGreenElephant
When you say average PhD stipend in Norway you mean salary paid by the university, right?
Sir phD opportunities for a marine biology is it there?
Hello Sir i am from India and i really loved your videos after seeing it ,, i have completed my master's and now i want to do PHD and its my dream sir to do PHD from abroad.. I am very confused that which country to choose and its difficult to find a research supervisor.. kindly if possible help me out
Hi! I'm also from India. Did u get admsn in any abroad University?
is 35K$ per year enough to live in houston, texas ?? going to start Phd in chemistry at Rice university.
You can manage, but living in a shared place maybe
Where i should apply phd computer science.
I belong to a poor family plz recommend.
Thanks.
Hi Andy, would you mind to tell me that should i consider doing Phd even at the age of 44? :( ppl around me underestimate by saying that it is worthless for me.
Don't listen to people, you are too young, you can do a ph.d. I am 60 years old and will be doing my ph.d in Economics starting in the fall of 2024.
@@johnsonajayi7846thats great. Wishing you best of luck 👍🏼 im 41 and am planningkn starting phd next year or later
I get about $13,200 usd a year, and it's quite stressing because my scholarship agreement says I cannot have any part time jobs or they will cancel my stipend :c I can do tutoring, fortunately
where's your university at? I think this is so low that it's even impossible to live anywhere in US....... Good luck to your academics tho
@@peterreki1659 It's in Taiwan ($408,000 NTD a year). I end up with barely the minimum wage of the country, considering I have to pay tuition too. Thank you, Peter!
Japan I get about a 1000$ and in Korea it was a bit over 1000$
Ph.D. stipend in china 500$ to 360 $ per month and not being allowed to work. I don't recommend to anyone to even think about that option.
That's 3500 a month in RMB. Plenty for a single person whose rent is paid for to live well in China.
I've been getting very nervous about my PhD stipend. I'm headed to Germany to start in January, but with the rising cost of living, the situation with Russia, and local unrest, I'm beginning to look for other sources of income besides my stipend.
Europe is not the best place to be now. But I wish you all the best!
@@ebb_ thanks mate, Lord knows I need it
@@me0101001000 are You doing ok? Most ppl Say Germany is one of the Best places to go
@@guille8756 well I'm surviving that's for sure. I'm hoping that things smoothen out in the near future.
PhD scholarship in Poland in medicine is like 1.100/month euros so....
Hong Kong is higher than all of these. HKU-PS and HKPF awards. Not subject to tax. Only thing is HK living is high (especially rent), but these prestigious scholarships enable high quality of living and savings. And HK bureaucracy is beyond the norm in academia so be prepared mentally for that!
Hey Andy, I am currently pursuing MSc in the UK and I will finish my program on the 9th January 2023, however, I intend to move to the USA for PhD next year September.
Is it advisable for me to join the current application process that is running from this September to December/January since I haven't fully completed my MSc study?
It is☺️ PhD application deadlines are well before masters graduations, and you’re not expected to submit your full master’s transcipt/ actual diploma, but you have to indicate in your application and/or your references should mention that you are on track for a 2:2 /2:1 or 1st.
For example I’m finishing in 2023 June, and hoping to start a PhD around 2023 October. The deadlines for an October start are around 2022 Dec/ 2023 Jan.
@@katabenedek6114 thanks
My package includes a $25,000 a year plus tuition, fees and health insurance. I live in a low cost of living city in Texas so it is enough to survive for me. I supplement this income with probably $300 a month or so (from savings) to live a bit more comfortably so I don't have to pinch pennies. But it would be nice to if they increased the stipend in light of the recent increase in inflation.
Which University friend ,??? Do u also do TA/RA job ?
@@khushnoodibrahim973 I go to the University of Texas at San Antonio. I have an RA position, which is what pays my stipend, tuition, fees, and insurance.
I apologize but the highest PhD scholarship is in UAE.
I am very thankful that ETH Zurich pays me well enough.
lol Norway PhD students get paid more than me in an actual job in academia.
even though denmark and other scandinavian countries pay stipends, it's taxed to the bone
What are the links to these sites?
My PhD stipend is $180 per month in Ukraine, but I'm not complaining.
**Laughs in Algerian uni system**
And we don't even talk about the mandatory military service lol
First!!
and the way they treat PhD students as well sometimes is fucking ridiculous. they want to pay barely anything and expect you to take abuse and work 60-70 hrs.... 😑
~10 years ago KAUST offered me 50K after tax plus free accommodation. This is the highest PhD stipend I ever heard.
KAUST is in Saudi Arabia, right?
Looks like my own country gives me more( india 45000 rupee +house rental allowance
also i can do part time teaching worth 50000 rupee) than those abroad universities .
Hello Andy you've been very helpful, please can we connect on LinkedIn, can i have your LinkedIn username. Thanks a lot.