Tuesday 14 June 2016

publications - How normal is it to have published as an undergraduate?


I’m currently in the first semester of MSc of psychology in a university in Germany and we got a lecturer from a university abroad who wanted to know what we had published. To his surprise, none of us had any publications. For us at least, not having any publications when entering the graduate program is normal.


I know of a couple of peers who were able to publish their bachelor’s thesis and one person who had several publications even before he started his masters, but at our university those are the exception, rather than the rule.


How is the situation in other countries and disciplines? Do undergraduates generally have any publications?





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