然而问题是,从硕士一年级升入硕士二年级要淘汰非常多的人。每年很大比例硕士二年级不能毕业,要重新读。即使毕业了,要在法国找到博士课题的资助,也有相当大的难度。
以上海交大版世界数学排名第5的巴黎第六大学为例,数学系硕士一年级约有300人,而博士生的总数约为250人,注意在法国博士是三年。
以下为巴黎六大数学系网站首页的介绍
“With more than 240 teachers/researchers and 50 researchers supervising 250 postgraduate students and with an engineering, technical and administrative staff of 50 people, the Department of Mathematics is one of the largest centers in the world for education and research in the fields of pure and applied mathematics.
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