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TaXxER t1_j2qsu9i wrote

Reply to comment by answersareallyouneed in [D] life advice to relatively late bloomer ML theory researcher. by notyourregularnerd

> Most of the people I know started their PhD right after undergrad.

It depends also on the continent. US based PhD students tend to be younger on average when they start their PhD than PhD students in mainland Europe.

This because in Europe it is often legally required to have completed bachelors + masters before you can start a PhD.

I started my PhD in the Netherlands when I was 26. My experience comparing to other PhD students at the university and in the country this was pretty much an average age to start.

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mtocrat t1_j2rwnzt wrote

In my program, in the US, the majority had a masters degree and 27 would be a normal age to start, but there is a lot of variance.

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