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 in a postdoctoral mobile station or postdoctoral research center. It should be noted that postdoctoral fellows are not degrees, but work experience.

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.

The post-doctoral term is generally not long, which is considered as a transitional arrangement for scientific research. The national postdoctoral fund supports postdoctoral students for two years. Foreign universities generally have no unified arrangement for postdoctoral students, and the source of funds and the length of time are relatively flexible.

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Characteristics of postdoctoral research:

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".

With the increasingly fierce competition in science and technology, the cultivation of talents, especially young and senior research talents, has attracted much attention from all countries, and the postdoctoral system has become an important way to cultivate top-notch talents in many countries.

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