One word, cool; two words, so cool!

As a doctoral student who is suffering, even though I have not graduated early, I can still feel that feeling if I think about it! Studying for a Ph.D. is a kind of training and suffering for anyone. It can take as little as 3 years, as normal as 4 years, or as long as 5 to 8 years. If it takes longer, there is a possibility of being dismissed (some universities may have different regulations. Different), but the longer you study for a Ph.D., the greater the burden on your heart. If you are dismissed, it is simply unacceptable. You will lose your degree, youth, and money. Therefore, if a doctor can graduate early, it can be said that the experience is better than eating dumplings during the New Year in the 1960s.

Next, let us analyze why early PhD graduates have the above experience:

1. It is too difficult to graduate with a PhD

According to "Graduate Education Research" (2020.02) Research shows: "Overall, the average deferral rate for doctoral students is 39.68. Specifically, among the humanities, history has the highest average deferral rate, which is around 45; philosophy and literature have the highest deferral rate of around 40. ; The social sciences from high to low are education 44.44, management 38.72, law 31.79 and economics 27.23; the natural sciences from high to low are agriculture 45.93, engineering 39.52, science 38.95, and medicine 20.62. On the one hand, the older the doctoral enrollment age, the higher the average deferral rate, and the average deferral rate for doctoral students who graduated under the age of 26 is less than 35, while for those over 30 years old, the deferral rate rises to around 43.” This data is enough to make people stunned, and it definitely shows how difficult it is to graduate with a doctorate normally, and how difficult it is to graduate early.

So why is it so difficult to graduate with a PhD? The author believes that there may be three reasons:

(1) The basic requirements for graduation are high. In general domestic schools, there are mandatory requirements for the publication of scientific research results for doctoral graduates, which are generally high-level foreign journal papers;

(2) Wrong choice for doctoral studies. With the surging trend of doctoral studies (probably starting in 2019, the doctoral study craze has started, and most of the master's students around me plan to study for doctoral degrees), I blindly choose to study for a doctoral degree, and I have no idea about my academic ability and the difficulties that I may encounter during my doctoral research. , the difficulty of doctoral graduation requirements, etc. were not seriously considered and evaluated, resulting in it being easy to get on the ship but difficult to get off. I found that studying for a Ph.D. was doing something that was not suitable for my own development and my own characteristics;

(3) Graduation thesis is difficult. The pressure of competition is high, social science and technology is in a period of blowout, and a large number of scientific researchers have gathered in the same research field. Which research direction should be chosen for doctoral graduation, what are the key technological innovations, and which research is easy to produce results and meet graduation requirements. These are all This is the reason why it is difficult to write a graduation thesis, and it is also the reason why it is difficult to graduate.

Therefore, graduation is too difficult in reality. If you can graduate early, it will be the "peak of your life."

2. What does it mean to graduate early?

In addition, let’s analyze what it means to graduate with a Ph.D. early?

There are also some seniors who graduated early (usually three years after graduation). The answer they gave was "lucky". They lamented that studying for a Ph.D. was like climbing a mountain. When climbing, they didn't feel anything. Looking back The journey here was extremely thrilling, and I didn’t feel special or awesome for graduating early. I was grateful for my somewhat ups and downs but smooth doctoral years.

Therefore, graduating early means that you have ended your doctoral studies and officially entered the next stage of your life. Most of them truly enter the society and become "social people"; secondly, Graduating early means that your early efforts have been realized, which means that you have gained more time costs than others; furthermore, graduating early means that the pressure on yourself and your family is released (I thought that entering the working life of society is actually without a PhD 007 Life is hard and stressful), and it is also a staged explanation for yourself and your family; in addition, graduating with a doctorate can of course show that you are a doctor with strong scientific research, which means that you are enough to win some good employment opportunities for yourself (there are also some jobs There is an age limit, after all, you will not be too young after graduating from a Ph.D.); Finally, perhaps graduating a Ph.D. early will mean that there may not be too many results. It stands to reason that there is a normal development cycle for the publication of results. Graduating early only meets the basic graduation requirements, so it should also be explained here that whether you choose to graduate early depends on your actual situation. Sometimes "strategic postponement" is also a strategy.

Finally, let’s look back at the question, “What is it like to graduate early with a Ph.D.?” We say that when you graduate, you will undoubtedly breathe a sigh of relief (satisfied), and then you will enter the next life. In this stage, facing various new problems and challenges, I think it is an experience of "shouldering responsibility".

Finally, I hope that the above content can bring some help to everyone, and I also hope that we can grow and progress together! Answer: Graduating a doctorate early is a good experience, but graduating with a doctorate early does not mean that you have an absolute advantage over those who graduate normally. The reasons are as follows. 1. The achievements of those who graduate early may not be particularly productive

This is because generally speaking, early graduation often means you complete the graduation requirements early, but compared with those who graduate normally, your study time will be longer. The graduation time is shorter than normal, so the results you produce will still be relatively less. So this won't necessarily give you a big advantage when you're employed. Unless your paper is of very good quality. 2. Graduating early does not mean finding a better job

Take my classmate as an example. Our schooling system at that time was 4 years. My classmate completed the graduation requirements in advance and graduated in 3 years. That is to say, he completed the requirements of the small thesis in advance, and then carefully wrote the large thesis, and finally got the degree. But when you get a job, you have to rely on the quality and quantity of your essays. When he graduated, he just barely reached the graduation baseline, that is, he could graduate just by scratching the surface, but the quality of his results was average. By the time we graduate normally after four years of study, the quality of many people's results is far better than that of students who graduated early. At the same time, students who graduated in normal years will find jobs better than those who graduated early. Summary: It is an objective fact that it is difficult to graduate with a PhD, but graduating early does not mean that your results are strong enough, nor does it mean that you are better than those who graduate normally. It just means that you completed the graduation requirements in a shorter time, nothing more. It does not mean that you will find a better job, so you should look at early graduation with a PhD from an objective perspective.

There is a sense of self-confidence, and I feel that I have challenged something that many people cannot achieve, because for many PhDs, it is difficult to graduate on time. Of course, this also varies according to different schools. Varies depending on instructor's requirements. I just graduated on time, and I already feel very lucky. Most of the deferrals in the same period, the college's deferment rate accounted for more than half. Generally, the deferrals range from half a year to one year, and a few have deferments of two years or more.

Secondly, graduating early will give you an age advantage and you will have great potential in the workplace. For Ph.D.s, especially popular majors, the loss of delay is too great, because you can earn a lot of annual salary in the same period. If you stay in school and have outstanding scientific research achievements, it's fine. If you don't, it will be a loss and the time cost is very high.

If you can get a Ph.D. early, it feels good. No matter what industry you go to, young people tend to be young. Being young means potential. Especially if you graduate with a Ph.D. in your twenties, you will get More opportunities.

Graduating early means reaching the national standards for doctoral training in advance. That is to say, the important task of "study for the rise of China" has been completed faster, and thus one can serve the country earlier as the pillar and weapon of the country. This is a gratifying thing for the country, the people and oneself.

For the country, it is a small step towards realizing modernization as soon as possible and completing the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation; for the people, since one person can rejuvenate the country, he can also drive the development of an industry. , it will create more jobs and solve people's employment problems; for individuals, now that they have obtained the title of doctorate, they can naturally develop their ambitions and realize their personal ideals and ambitions. After studying hard for more than 20 years, Han Chuang was finally able to create personal value. Of course it’s gratifying and worth celebrating!

Most Ph.D. students delay graduation by one to two years. Graduating early may be because you have worked hard and are excellent, and your supervisor agrees to graduate early. This is also very important.

Very good. The time, place and people are favorable. Generally, PhD programs, especially biology PhD programs, will be postponed.

If you graduate early, the tutors are generally very good and you can do what you want to do.

Cow! It means you have good ability and luck, and the instructor is also extremely nice. Graduating early saves time for future career development, and you can also start earning money for starting a family and starting a business early.

To be honest, I have never seen a PhD student who graduated early, because in my limited knowledge, the conditions for graduating with a PhD degree early are contradictory.

First of all, why is it delayed? There are two aspects: the thesis was not completed on time, and the tutor needs manpower to let you do free labor for another year.

If you graduate with a Ph.D. early, your thesis cannot be written just by writing it, even if you are very capable and can write the thesis on time (I have actually seen this happen). Then the second point will come into play. Your boss will talk to you. If you are so capable, you should work under him for one more year. If real gold is not afraid of fire, you can stay in school if the opportunity is suitable. So I'm wondering how to graduate with a PhD early. Either I'm not strong enough to postpone it, or I'm extremely strong and talented, or I need to postpone it and prepare to stay in school. So I have never seen anyone graduate with a PhD early. Maybe he needs to trigger some other conditions. As for the feeling, I believe that whether I graduate early or postpone it, I will not be very excited or have special mood swings. It is like running a marathon and you are a little tired. After getting the certificate, you feel a little magical, and then you move on to the next step in a daze. stage. Only a few years later, I recall that I was passionate, happy, and persistent. (I haven’t graduated with a Ph.D., but I have tried my best to get a master’s degree.)

It’s very cool. It’s not easy for me to graduate with my Ph.D. Many students did not graduate normally.

Doctoral thesis can be patented.

my country has 3.597 million invention patents in effect, the number of high-value invention patents per 10,000 people has reached 7.5, and 73,000 PCT international patent applications have been accepted. According to the report, the national patent and trademark pledge financing amount reached 309.8 billion yuan... At the press conference of the State Council Information Office held on January 12, the relevant person in charge of the State Intellectual Property Office interpreted the statistical data of intellectual property work in 2021.

Patent reserves in key core technology fields continue to increase

Hu Wenhui, deputy director, office director and spokesperson of the State Intellectual Property Office, introduced that as of the end of 2021, my country’s domestic companies with valid invention patents Reaching 298,000, an increase of 52,000 from the previous year. Domestic enterprises have 1.908 million valid invention patents, a year-on-year increase of 22.6%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the national average growth rate. Among them, high-tech enterprises have 1.213 million valid invention patents, accounting for 63.6% of the total number of domestic enterprises. The innovation vitality of market entities has been stimulated and their creative capabilities have been continuously enhanced.

The scale of patent and trademark pledge financing has been further expanded, and its inclusiveness has been further enhanced. In 2021, the national patent and trademark pledge financing amount reached 309.8 billion yuan, with 17,000 financing projects benefiting 15,000 companies. All three data increased by about 42% year-on-year. Among them, inclusive loans of less than 10 million yuan benefited 11,000 enterprises, accounting for 71.8% of the total number of enterprises benefited.

Patent reserves in the digital economy and medical fields have been further strengthened. As of the end of 2021, the three fields with the fastest growing effective amount of domestic invention patents in my country are information technology management methods, computer technology and medical technology, with year-on-year increases of 100.3, 32.7 and 28.7 respectively. "The patent reserves in key core technology fields are constantly increasing, which will more effectively support industrial upgrading and better benefit people's lives." Hu Wenhui said.

In 2021, 110,000 invention patents were authorized by foreign applicants in China, a year-on-year increase of 23%; 194,000 trademark registrations were registered, a year-on-year increase of 5.2%. Hu Wenhui pointed out that the number of foreign intellectual property rights in China has maintained rapid growth, which shows that foreign companies have firm confidence in China's intellectual property protection and business environment.

The scale of high-value invention patents has steadily expanded

Ge Shu, director of the Strategic Planning Department of the State Intellectual Property Office, introduced that by the end of 2021, the number of high-value invention patents per 10,000 people in my country will reach 7.5 pieces, an increase of 1.2 pieces compared with the previous year. "The number of high-value invention patents per 10,000 people aims to objectively evaluate the level of my country's innovation development and guide patents to shift towards the pursuit of quality." Ge Shu said that from the data, the scale of my country's high-value invention patents has steadily expanded, and the invention patent structure has been further optimized.

First, the patent reserves of strategic emerging industries have been continuously strengthened. As of the end of 2021, there were 792,000 valid invention patents in domestic strategic emerging industries, an increase of 114,000 compared with the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, and independent innovation in the industry Capabilities continue to increase; second, valid invention patents with long maintenance periods have grown rapidly. As of the end of 2021, domestic valid invention patents with durations of more than 10 years have reached 323,000, a year-on-year increase of 27.7%; third, the overseas layout capabilities of innovative entities continue to improve , as of the end of 2021, my country has 83,000 valid invention patents with similar patent rights overseas, a year-on-year increase of 21.8%, and enterprises as innovation entities own nearly 90% of them.

Zhang Zhicheng, Director of the Intellectual Property Protection Department of the State Intellectual Property Office, said that in recent years, the patent quality improvement project has continued to be implemented in depth, resolutely cracking down on irregular patent applications that are not aimed at protecting innovation, and actively promoting the improvement of patent quality. , achieved good results.

Promote the transformation and application of patented technologies in small and medium-sized enterprises

In order to support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, the State Intellectual Property Office, together with relevant departments, has introduced and promoted the implementation of a series of policies and measures. Lei Xiaoyun, Director of the Intellectual Property Utilization Promotion Department of the State Intellectual Property Office, introduced that in 2021, a notice will be issued to clarify separate credit plans, special assessment incentives, relaxation of non-performing ratios and other measures to further strengthen intellectual property pledge financing; launch intellectual property pledge financing " The three-year action of "Entering the Park to Benefit Enterprises" guides local governments to organize bank-enterprise docking activities; the "Measures for the Registration of Patent Pledge" is revised to expand the pilot program for online registration of intellectual property pledges for banking financial institutions.

In addition, a three-year patent transformation special plan will be organized and implemented to support the transformation and application of patented technologies in small and medium-sized enterprises. At present, 30 provinces in China have launched special plans, and 8 of them have received the first batch of reward and subsidy funds. "We have also stepped up efforts to cultivate intellectual property advantage demonstration enterprises for small and medium-sized enterprises. We have cultivated 5,729 national intellectual property advantage demonstration enterprises to date, and small and medium-sized enterprises account for more than 76%." Hu Wenhui said.