<p>Ok, obviously a PhD takes waay longer to complete than a Masters, fair enough, but in a Masters (Biomedical/Bioengineering) is there only lectures? Or is there actual laboratory work involved?</p>
<p>If so, is this individual laboratory work? Or is it governed by the PI of the lab, i.e. do what he/she tells you? And how much of the masters course would actually comprise of physical lab work?</p>
<p>Cheers!!</p>
<p>It depends on your program. If you do a thesis then you will be doing a lab work under an advisor. If you apply for funding and are able to get a research assistantship then you will be carrying out work for your PI while doing your course work. If you don’t have a thesis requirement, I assume you will have a project course that is similar to doing a thesis but instead of writing a thesis statement you would publish a paper. In some of your graduate courses you will have projects which may require you to do some lab work.</p>
<p>if you get a research assistantship, will the research subject matter pretty much the topic of your thesis?</p>