My PhD in 12 GIFs
Date: | 20 September 2018 |
![Just another day of research](/education/phd-programmes/media/blog/my-phd-in-12-gifs-20-09-2018!attachment?c=images/blog-image-normal.jpg&id=240421012212)
Carrying out a PhD can be a very complex and long process. I am pretty sure these 12 GIFs can sum up someone’s PhD pretty accurately.
Can you you recognize yourself in any of these?
1. PhD deadlines hitting me like:
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2. When someone asks how my PhD is going:
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3. When you get your first months payment after 5 years of studies:
![.](/education/phd-programmes/media/blog/giphy03.gif)
4. (One week after…)
![.](/education/phd-programmes/media/blog/giphy04.gif)
5. When it’s finally a sunny day and everyone is bbq-ing in Noorderplantsoen, but you have work to finish in the lab:
![.](/education/phd-programmes/media/blog/giphy05.gif)
6. Finally spending some quality time with your friends after a week full of work:
![.](/education/phd-programmes/media/blog/giphy06.gif)
7. When you explain to someone you just met what your PhD is about:
![.](/education/phd-programmes/media/blog/giphy07.gif)
8. When you try to speed up an experiment to make it in time for the Vrijmibo :
![.](/education/phd-programmes/media/blog/giphy08.gif)
9. Moving forward in your PhD be like:
![.](/education/phd-programmes/media/blog/giphy09.gif)
10. When you have your Research and Development (R&O) interview and you need to write about your research progress:
![.](/education/phd-programmes/media/blog/giphy10.gif)
11. When you repeat the experiment to confirm your findings and it’s not reproducible:
![.](/education/phd-programmes/media/blog/giphy11.gif)
12. When they ask you when you will finally graduate:
![.](/education/phd-programmes/media/blog/giphy12.gif)