A student is primarily a person enrolled in a school or other educational institution and who is under learning with goals of acquiring knowledge, developing professions and achieving employment at desired field. In the broader sense, a student is anyone who applies themselves to the intensive intellectual engagement with some matter necessary to master it as part of some practical affair in which such mastery is basic or decisive.
In the United Kingdom and most commonwealth countries, the term "student" denotes those enrolled in secondary schools and higher (e.g., college or university); those enrolled in primary/elementary schools are called "pupils".
If a student in the US gets a B.A. or other degree in engineering and then moves to the UK would that person be able to work there in the UK or another county such as Wales ?
Or what if the student earned a degree while studying abroad in the UK and then decided to look for work somewhere...
Hi, I'm a second year physics student (doing a 4-year course) at Durham university and I really want to get some relevant work experience this summer. I've looked into a fair number of placement programmes (like IAESTE UK, the Nuffield Foundation, RISE etc.) both abroad and in the UK, but...
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A students team from my college is building a satellite, under guidance from professors and research institutes. The students belong to the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and the professors/mentors/contribtors are from varied institutions like IIT-M...
student in need of advice ...
hi there , i am a 17 yr old student from malta, and am studying maths and physics at GCE level. I want to go to unviersity but am in need of some advice ...
i prefer electricity and stuff but am rather interested into continuing to some kind of...
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How many hours per week do you study for your courses ?
How many courses do you take per semester ?
Do you go to a University or a jc level school ?
Long story short, I am currently an undergraduate at a public college and I, as high school-ish as it sounds, have a big crush on my former TA. He's funny, cute, and a math grad student, which is EXACTLY my 'type' but those of you who have experience with these types of guys know that they can...
I am in my senior years.
I am applying to the University of Toronto, St.George Campus as my first, the other campus ranking in 2nd and 3rd.
I have applied to University of Waterloo in Canada as well.
However, my real problem/question is "Do I have what it takes?"
Last year in (I...
Hello all, I am a student in need of advice. I am a Physics and Applied Math senior at Humboldt State University in California, which I am confident will not open any doors. Over the next 3 months I will be applying for PhD programs in Materials Science, with the goal of obtaining a...
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I'm currently taking my first programming course, and in one of the assignments, I was asked to trace the following Fortran77 program fragment by hand and determine the final values for n and m:
integer n, m, k, j
n = 0
m = 0
do k = 1, 3
do j = k, 1, -1...
Hello Physics Forums I discovered your wonderful community a few days ago and I thought you could be a great help to me . You see I am 15 years old , I live in Greece and I wish to become a physicist , but I wouldn't like to study in a Greek university . So I was wondering if you could give me...
I will be going into my senior year of my engineering physics major with a minor in mechanical engineering and mathematical science. I have made posts in Nuclear Engineering, and Clerk[patent] jobs, etc. because I have no idea what I want to do after I graduate.
I'll have to admit, money is...
I'm a physics major in my junior year. I'm taking Diff. Eq. right now and after this semester I'll be in nothing buy upper-level physics and math courses. Would it be worth it to buy the MATLAB student version?
If I am an average math student who gets constant c's in classes like algebra and geometry, will i have a hard time in calculus, and should i just avoid it altogether?
Hello everyone. I'm planning on taking some mathematics courses this fall, with the intent to return to school for an engineering degree as "full time" as I am able this spring. I live in the Boston area, and noticed that Harvard extension school has some good calculus/linear algebra courses...
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Little off topic i guess, but i am in need of a new calculator to match the level i am studying at.
Soon to be 3rd year mech eng student.
I have been looking at graphical calculators and the likes.
Seems to be
- TI
- Casio
- HP
- Sharp
and they offer several models and i...
My situation is that I taught myself Calculus 1, 2 and some 3 over the last year, and the better part of Freshman physics for majors, mechanics and EM. I bought 4 texts to learn from: Halliday, Tipler, Giancoli, and Young and Freedman. And I just started learning Diff. Eq. & Linear Algebra...
1)A student weighing 735 N steps into an elevator and pushes the button to go up. If the elevator accelerates at 3.5 m/s2 for 3.0 s, what is the mass of the student during this time?
2)f=ma, v=d/t
3)i don't quite understand how the student can weigh 735 N and consequently I'm...
I'm a high school student currently learning programming. I guess my question would be what kind of side jobs are there for a high school kid that involves programming??
I am looking to complete a 1 year M.Sc. in the UK as a US student, how feasible is this, assuming I can come up with the funds needed? When I get there would my wife be able to work full-time while I am studying? Also, are there any US programs that offer an M.Sc. in a year instead of two.
I am trying to find a book that may be related to biology and has some sort of academic underpinning (perhaps something mathematical).
This is for a high school student with little background. So I am looking for a very inspiring sort of book.
If anything comes to mind, please respond.
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I am going to be starting physics grad school in August (UT-Austin physics) and was worried about a few websites that I read claiming that a typical physics grad student could expect to work anywhere between 40 and 60 hrs a week on course work in their first year. I am worried because I am...
Opensource Student Timetabling database software for school -- advice needed
Hi,
I intend to build a computer program with a GUI, for a school setup consisting of the following primary features:
1. Student information database (particulars of students, subjects they are registered in...
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I'm currently in a situation of finishing my BSc in Chemistry and about to start a MSc in mathematical biology and biophysical chemistry at the University of Warwick (This is the UK).
I'm currently pondering what to do with my future career. Personally, Having spent 3 years...
I'm a second year Indian medical student, and I've been interested in physics all my life, but didn't pursue a career because a) I'm a little slow in math and b) come on, I'm Indian, I have to be a doctor.
I want to go into radiology, specifically nuclear medicine...
hi, I am a student 18 years of age, I am currently starting my first year of physics, and I've got an exam coming up, on mechanics, materials and waves
i can't seem to get a grip on hookes law, could someone explain it please?
I'm a physics student and need to get my foreign language proficiency requirement out of the way. I have been considering French, Russian, or German, but just cannot decide. French and Russian strike me as beautiful when spoken and all three languages have rich histories. Which of these three...
Hi my friends, I comes from China, and I want some English math textbook for undergraduate student in theoretical physics, contains Advanced Mathematics, Linear Algebra, Statistics and Probability Theory, Method of Mathematical Physics, any suggestion pls?
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I am a junior in aerospace engineering student at Georgia Tech, and out of my boredom for the month that I have off I have begun to be interested in theoretical physics, I was wondering if there were some good books to read at my level. Of course with AE, there is a lot of...
My brother went to a community college this past year and was accepted into a state university for the coming fall. However, this state university does not have as good of a program for his field as another university in the state, so after the coming year he would transfer out of that...
Hi everyone, I was just wondering what were the mistakes you made along your career path in any of the sciences, and what would you recommend any young person doing to avoid these mistakes...
Hello! I am new here, this is basically my first post.
I am an 18 year old from India, just finished high school. It is my wish to pursue a career in physics, going into research and/or academics. However I am somewhat apprehensive about the level of science education one gets in Indian...
I had an interesting conversation today with one of the senior professors in my department. It was in the context of students who have some difficulty in defining a project. What came into question was the level of independence of Ph.D. students should display with respect to their research...
I was reading Zapper Z's "So you want to be a physicist" article. I'd like to ask how much does a Ph.D Student earn on average if they are a research assistant?
Thanks!
It's time to register for classes again and I'm afraid I have a slight dilemma. My major, currently, is Physics. I enjoy Physics and I have no wish to transfer out of it, but I have no interest whatsoever in doing pure physics as a career (research and teaching aren't my style, neither are the...
Being a grad student during the summer...
Just curious as to what most of you non-RA grad students do during the summer semesters? I would like to take some classes this summer I'm but having a hard timing figuring out how to pay for them. There are usually TA positions open during the summer...
I am not sure if this is the correct place to post so feel free to correct me if I am wrong.
I would like to ask if anybody here would be willing to tutor me online basically like a teacher/student situation and work through maths. I am achieving high in maths at school but want to advance...
Right now I'm a freshman physics student, interested in eventually going to grad school for theoretical physics. I may transfer and go for a mathematical physics degree at another schppl, but I can't help but wonder how much math is acutally needed past partial differential equations. Will...
I'm interested to hear from Grad Students at these schools about anything they wish they had known when they were applying. How competitive/compassionate are the students? How is the weather? Are people happy? Is the town in complete economic distress? Do you like the whole department, or...
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I am a BSc Physics Honours student at the University of Delhi in India. I am interested in pursuing an MSc in Physics from a good university in the U.K. I am looking for information regarding the univs offering MSc in Physics, TA's/RA's /funding for foreign students, information on...
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I'm in the process of pushing for a good graduate student lounge (in a physics department) at my university.
I'm curious, what is your graduate student lounge like? Does one exist? Is it awful, mediocre, or pretty cool? What's in it?
If you wouldn't mind including what...
Paid off my student loans!
Not 100% accurate, but I did file for a final payment submission for next week and my paycheck clears this weekend. I'm too excited to wait until then. FREEDOM! :cool: :eek: :!)
All in all it was a little over $25,000 since I started paying in Feb. 2007. My goal...
I'm a first year engineering student in a Finnish University. I'm majoring in electronics, more specifically microchip and microprocessor design, and was thinkin to take my minor from something completely different area like economics. Currently I'm only aiming for masters degree. I know this...
I'm currently an undergraduate student in the UK, and would like to go to grad school in America. I've seen a lot of people say that doing REUs is important to get into a good grad school, but undergraduate research is not very common in the UK, other than a project in the final year which...
OK so I've been reading a lot about gates and Boolean logic lately and I understand how they function but if somebody were to open up the casing of an electrical component and they asked me to point to an 'and' or an 'or' gate what would I point to? Pictures would be very helpful thanks.
Fruit Polishing Machine. Help for a student!
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I’m a student from Politecnico di Milano, where I’m doing a graduate diploma in Design & Engineering. I have a problem related with the mechanic of my project: I am designing a machine to polish fruit in home environment (the machine...
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I have been accepted into a bunch of top 20 Ph.D. programs in math. Now my next problem is trying to figure out with my spouse how to deal with all the practicalities. The problem is that she is graduating with a masters from Oxford and is not sure yet whether she wants to apply to a...