Choosing your next supervisor

Questions to ask:


What concepts/skills do I need for my career?

What concepts/skills does the potential supervisor's lab use? Will these skills be useful to me?

Will I like using these concepts and skills?

Is this a good lab in which to learn these concepts and skills?

Is the lab productive?

Is the lab well funded?

Ask the students if the supervisor is:

How will my salary be funded?

How will working in this lab help get me my next job?

Copyright © 1995
Tutis Vilis
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
University of Western Ontario
London Ontario Canada

Created 28 Sept 1995
Last updated November 20, 2011
Comments welcome: tutis.vilis@schulich.uwo.ca