Postdoctoral students usually devote themselves to scientific research after completing their doctoral studies. This part of doctors engaged in scientific research is called postdoctoral.
A clearer statement:
Doctoral education and degree = postdoctoral education and degree.
Doctoral qualification
A postdoctoral fellow is also a doctor. The difference is that a postdoctoral fellow is a transitional post and a doctor is a degree.
A doctor is the highest level in a degree. Looking through Ci Hai, we can find a clear explanation. The word postdoctoral is not included in Ci Hai.
As early as 1876, Hopkins University in the United States set up a research fund to support young scholars in their research work. Some people call them postdoctoral fellows, because some of the young people who initially received funding have already obtained doctoral degrees. On the other hand, it was not until the 1960s that the post of postdoctoral doctor officially appeared and prevailed in North America.
In the United States, with a few exceptions, most of them have to go through the post-doctoral professional research stage before they can get the qualification to teach in universities. Professors who have the ability to apply for research funding can recruit postdoctoral fellows through advertisements. The relationship between professors and postdocs is the relationship between employers and employees. The postdoctoral fellows hired by the professor should engage in research work with the professor, publish papers together, and sometimes give classes to students instead of the professor. The salary and tenure of postdoctoral fellows shall be determined by both parties through consultation. Some postdoctoral fellows have been working for more than ten years.
China implemented the postdoctoral system from 65438 to 0985. They are selected and absorbed by universities or scientific research institutions from young people who have just obtained doctoral degrees. After the postdoctoral stage, I hope to formally enter a university or research institution. China has also set up postdoctoral workstations or postdoctoral mobile stations. Postdoctoral work in the station is generally two or three years. Recently, it was reported that Guangdong proposed for the first time that "the form of postdoctoral system should be diversified" and some enterprises also set up postdoctoral workstations.
Author: Li Zi Source: Chinese and foreign literary journals 2003-22