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Recommendations for part-time distance PhD in CS?

3 points| h1bored | 17 years ago | reply

There seem to be various options to do part-time PhD studies in Computer Science available; UNISA and Open University being the most obvious.

Does anyone have recommendations or anti-recommendations for institutions that are willing to allow part-time distance students? I'm in the San Francisco bay area but for various tedious reasons need to be employed (on H1B visa) and living in the area full time.

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[+] cperciva|17 years ago|reply

Don't do it. The most important part of a PhD is "spending years surrounded by smart people doing research in your field" -- and part-time students almost completely miss out on that.

[+] h1bored|17 years ago|reply

I have plenty of interactions with some of the best in my field; I work as an engineer with some guys who have done groundbreaking work. However, I have personal reasons why I wish to complete my education with a doctorate. Advancement at work is definitely not one of them as I'm doing quite fine without.

Since I'm doing the work myself in the evenings, it would be nice to get some paperwork along the way.