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What level of education would I need to achieve to become a physicist?

I want to become a physicist and I want to know how many years of school I would need to become one. #physics

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Jayavignesh’s Answer

You would need a minimum of your bachelor's degree in physics, which normally takes 4 years to complete. If you wanted to be a professor or lead research teams, you would need to get your PhD, which could take another 4 to 6 years.
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VGG-Consulting’s Answer

It depends on the career track you would like to get into ... Some people aim at the top: to be come a professor or research team leader then yo need at least PhD with a ground breaking results and then few more iterations as Postdoctoral researcher. Along the way towards your PhD, you have to get bachelor's degree in physics ~4 years, then you can get into industry or continue for a Master degree in physics ~2 to 3 years. Usually, there is a diploma project and/or exam to get it. So, you can eject at this point into industry or science teacher as well, or continue for few more years to finish a PhD thesis. Often people who go for the PhD take a qualifying exam in physics to show their readiness for research and then takes about ~ 4 to 6 years to compleat the thesis. So it is total of about ~ 10 years to a PhD completion; then one has to take on few postdoctoral research positions ... that is another ~2 to 6 years.... and meanwhile looking for industry job or instructor/professor job in academia or higher education ... the important thing here is that you can branch into a well paid industry career at each stage of the educational/training process science-careers physics-careers
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Rachel’s Answer

Many colleges provide incredible teaching programs. A few of the best in the nation are Johns Hopkins University, NYU, and UConn

Teaching involves a number of different skills and qualities. I would say the most important are:


  1. People skills - being friendly and working well with others. You will need to be personable, caring, kind, friendly, compassionate, and understanding. These qualities make a great teacher. But you also need to be stern and firm in your directions, rules, and discipline
  2. Public speaking - every day in your class you will need to be able to speak and present information to your students, practice speech, and practice fluency of language and talking in front of others
  3. The subject you plan to teach - become a master of the subject you plan to teach, make sure you know as much as possible and learn as much as you can about the subject you plan to teach. Take as many classes as possible in this subject and learn everything you can about it.
  4. Psychology & Human Development - start reading books and research articles on human development and psych. It will be helpful for you to know how people learn at different stages and the best ways to teach them at these stages (depending on stage of development and schema).
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