Many students want to know, how many years do American graduate students have to study? This actually depends on their credit system. Now let's see how long it takes to study in the United States.

1. What is the credit system in America?

In the process of training graduate students in these schools in the United States, there are only internships and papers. Will be counted as corresponding credits. In these schools, in fact, whether it is a master's degree or a doctor's degree, there is no strict requirement on when students must finish their studies. Students can graduate as long as they can complete the credits.

In fact, because graduate students have greater autonomy in choosing courses, the concept between grades and classes in these universities is actually not obvious. Generally, students studying for a master's degree in the United States have different courses and different years of admission. It is possible that students who enter school in the same year will graduate at different times because of the different content and quantity of courses.

Theoretically, if the graduate students here can take 3-4 courses each semester, they can finish it in 2-3 years. If you are a working student, of course, you have to study longer. Moreover, graduate courses in the United States are generally demanding and not so easy to pass. Students can't drop out of school as long as they register. Therefore, to be on the safe side, many students will consciously extend their study time. Moreover, in order to ensure the quality of students' training, the school actually does not recommend students to take too many courses in one semester, so the general situation is 4 to 5 years.

Second, you can graduate without writing a master's thesis.

In the United States, in fact, people here regard master's degree as a transitional stage, while among graduate students, only those who like academics or plan to study for a doctorate in the future will choose to do a serious graduation thesis. More people pay attention to the cultivation of professional ability and strive to become senior professionals such as engineers and doctors in the future. They often choose not to do graduation thesis, but to use elective courses or internships to complete these credits.

Of course, this does not mean that students here in the United States have not accepted these writing exercises. On the contrary, their paper training is generally included in their daily study, and most courses require students to write a paper at the end. Some courses not only require papers to be handed in at the middle and end of the semester, but also small papers are often used in homework. In order to cultivate students' research and thinking ability, teachers often insist that students read more materials and books when writing papers, and ask them to reply and submit papers in class. If two or three classes of teachers are all in this style in a semester, students must come up with the spirit of "hanging the beam and stabbing the stock" to deal with it.