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I was just reading. Well it is not easy to be an academic. A lot depends on the university's focus. If it is research in a competitive field, and you do not publish into top journals... then you will not get tenure. After that, where will you go? Australia universities?
Some areas are easier, for example a practitioner focused course. Then you can publish in the 2nd to 3rd tier journal. If you are on teaching track, it is less glamourous but less stressful. Typically, depending on the University. less than half of PHD students, get employed as Asst Professors. A professor needs to be perfect. Good soft skills, good networking skills (to get your paper published), good teaching, good listener, good motivator, good time management, good research skills, ability to think out of box for research... |
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Asst Profs (Pre-tenure) - ~ 80-130k PA Assoc Prof/Prof (Tenured) - ~ > 200k PA just to note: this includes bonuses this excludes housing allowance that is provided for by the universities 4 local Autonomous Unis do not pay for education of offspring relocation allowance is one-off only 30% of asst profs make tenure after 6-8 years. those who fail are given one year "transition" to leave the university and find another job |
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The need for that is still young in the industry at the moment but as it's still emerging, i do feel it's good to start now. |
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As I know, the teacher earns only 4k-5k per month in poly. |
I've had master student who went on to pursue PhD or do postdoc in US/UK etc. and come back start assist.prof career. It is in fact not that difficult since local Universities also want to have more Singaporean-born professors to balance the team (lots of Chinese/Indian professor hired in last two decades so the ratio of local was kinda of a problem)
I'd say study hard and aim for a top PhD program in US/UK early on is a good strategy. You can focus more on theoretical research and publications if doing academia is your ultimate goal. Pay-wise I know fresh PhD from US top schools join NUS and get 120k/year. My professor who has been with NUS ECE for 25 years when I was in school draws about 250k/year and prabably more now. It also depends on faculty. CS professor maybe similar to engineering. Business and law tends to make more especially if got consultation side-job. Medicine and dental professors are usually also practicing in NUS as well and their pay is way higher. But being a professor the first 5-10 years is not easy. Getting funding and generating publication to earn tenure is no easy task for young graduates. |
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