How long does a mathematics degree take in university?
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
It normally takes six years for a student to graduate from MIPT. The curriculum of the first three years consists exclusively of compulsory courses, with emphasis on mathematics, physics and English. There are no significant curriculum differences between the departments in the first three years. A typical course load during the first and second years can be over 48 hours a week, not including homework. Classes are taught five days a week, beginning at 9:00 am or 10:30 am and continuing until 5:00 pm, 6:30 pm, or 8:00 pm. Most subjects include a combination of lectures and seminars (problem-solving study sessions in smaller groups) or laboratory experiments. Lecture attendance is optional, while seminar and lab attendance affects grades. Andre Geim, a graduate and Nobel prize winner stated "The pressure to work and to study was so intense that it was not a rare thing for people to break and leave and some of them ended up with everything from schizophrenia to depression to suicide."
École nationale supérieure d'ingénieurs des systèmes avancés et réseaux
At Esisar students are in contact with the reality of the engineering field during the
first two years: electronics, automation and computer science constitute
36% of their programme. In the same
way, early apprenticeship of industrial skills (accountancy, marketing,
project management, etc.) is given to
them and this continues for five
years. Mathematics and physics are
taught from the first to the fourth
year, and are considered as basic,
necessary tools for technical disciplines. The first cycle has 684 hours
of mathematics and physics, and the
third and fourth years total 173 hours.