A postdoctoral fellow refers to a person who engages in academic research in an institution of higher learning or research after obtaining a doctorate, usually working in a postdoctoral mobile station or postdoctoral research center.
It should be noted that "postdoctoral" is not a degree, but a doctoral degree winner who is allowed to enter the postdoctoral research mobile station to engage in scientific research. ?
In China, getting a doctorate is a necessary condition for becoming a postdoctoral fellow, but there are also some researchers abroad who do not have a doctorate, but they are postdoctoral fellows, so postdoctoral fellows have scientific research experience. Generally, postdoctoral time is not long, which is a transitional arrangement for scientific research.
Characteristics of postdoctoral researchers:
1 and "postdoctoral" indicate an experience. Doctor is the highest degree, so "postdoctoral" can not be regarded as a higher degree than doctor, and postdoctoral researchers can not be awarded any other degree title. At the same time, "postdoctoral" is not a professional technical or administrative position.
2. Postdoctoral researchers are mainly engaged in scientific research, which is often exploratory, pioneering and innovative.
3. Postdoctoral researchers are official national staff, not students. During the postdoctoral research, the length of service shall be calculated as other regular employees, and they shall enjoy the same treatment as the regular employees of their own units in addition to the preferential treatment provided by the state.
4. The thirteenth meeting of the National Postdoctoral Management Committee decided to issue postdoctoral certificates to postdoctoral researchers who have left the station and reached a certain standard (usually two years). "Postdoctoral" is a kind of work, and having a "doctor's degree" is a necessary condition for applying to become a "postdoctoral".
5, postdoctoral refers to some people who have recently obtained a doctorate. Before becoming full-time researchers, they obtained subsidies from relevant departments through competition and engaged in research work in high-level research institutions to gain scientific research experience. These people are generally called postdoctoral researchers, or simply "postdoctoral researchers".