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people studying a SCIENCE degree how many hours a day do you work at uni?

im wondering what the workload is like?

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Original post by Doob
im wondering what the workload is like?



I study mathematics and I'm there on average from 10-3 every day. I get a lot of assignments/homework to do!
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I study mathematics and I'm there on average from 10-3 every day. I get a lot of assignments/homework to do!


Thats nowhere near as much as i thought. But are those hours exlcuding the time you spend on assignments?
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Thats nowhere near as much as i thought. But are those hours exlcuding the time you spend on assignments?


Excluding that.
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Excluding that.


how many hours a week do you work including assignments on average?
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how many hours a week do you work including assignments on average?


I would have to say around 20.
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I would have to say around 20.


whaaat? Im at AS level and I do about 20 hours of work a week. You must have photogrpahic memory or something to be putting in 20 hours a week for a Maths degree!
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whaaat? Im at AS level and I do about 20 hours of work a week. You must have photogrpahic memory or something to be putting in 20 hours a week for a Maths degree!


That's 20 for assignments on average though :L
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That's 20 for assignments on average though :L



oooh :frown: so its more like a 50 hour week
I know my sister is doing a science PhD but she's fairly relaxed about it

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I know my sister is doing a science PhD but she's fairly relaxed about it

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what was working for her degree like?
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what was working for her degree like?


She has a undergraduate degree in biochemical engineering but she's currently undertaking research as part of her phD, but I know she does most of the written work at home but goes into work to do practicals

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im wondering what the workload is like?


Averaged 25 hours contact time per year probably. More in final year on project work. Up to 40 hours per week+ in lab on final year. (Chemistry)

Extra assignments was probably another 10-20 hours per week depending on when it was.
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Averaged 25 hours contact time per year probably. More in final year on project work. Up to 40 hours per week+ in lab on final year. (Chemistry)

Extra assignments was probably another 10-20 hours per week depending on when it was.


Im thinking of doing chemistry. so in your first you did around 35 hours of work a week, did you have much time to spend on your hobbies doing your degree? As bad as it sounds, i would really hate to spend 3 years studying my ass off with little free time to enjoy my life.
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Im thinking of doing chemistry. so in your first you did around 35 hours of work a week, did you have much time to spend on your hobbies doing your degree? As bad as it sounds, i would really hate to spend 3 years studying my ass off with little free time to enjoy my life.


Well, it's less than a full-time job.

I had plenty of free time to do things i wanted to. The trick is just to keep on top of it and not let it build up. E.g If you know you have 3 deadlines in week 4 then get some done early during the free time you have in weeks 1 and 2.

I spent plenty of time lifting throughout uni. 3 times a week for like 95% of uni and twice a week during exams.
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Well, it's less than a full-time job.

I had plenty of free time to do things i wanted to. The trick is just to keep on top of it and not let it build up. E.g If you know you have 3 deadlines in week 4 then get some done early during the free time you have in weeks 1 and 2.

I spent plenty of time lifting throughout uni. 3 times a week for like 95% of uni and twice a week during exams.


what were your a level chem results like?

I dont really have a passion, i just want a degree, im not bad at chem, but im wondering, what was the step-up from a level chem to degree level? Im just not sure about how hard it is.
Each year I did 4 modules per semester which was 3 hours worth of lectures plus tutorials (in third year a couple of these were two hours) So about 16 hours worth of contact time? However I was in most days.
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what were your a level chem results like?

I dont really have a passion, i just want a degree, im not bad at chem, but im wondering, what was the step-up from a level chem to degree level? Im just not sure about how hard it is.


A* at A level. But tbh at a level it's memorise these 20 things, regurgitate in exam.

First year at uni is easy. Going over a bit of A level stuff and adding more but it's all simple.

4th year is where the real step up in difficulty was for me. My

Average going into 4th year was 78% and 4th year was probably around 60-65% average.
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You only do 20 hours of work a week at AS? I'm doing double that at GCSE...


40 hours a week at GCSE..??
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I consider 40 hours to be a good week..


You must work very inefficiently or have a problem remembering things tbh if you have to work that much


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