How many hours do engineering students study every day?

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Originally posted by ** ucbalumnus **
That 3 hours per week per credit unit is supposed to include both in-class time and out-of-class time, so a normal course load of 15 or 16 credit units is supposed to correspond to 45 or 48 hours per week total, not 45 to 48 hours per week out-of-class time.

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<p>They explicitly stated 3 hours of study time outside of class. They even went through a breakdown of how we should spend our time in order to prove that you could spend 60-68 hours/week on academics and still have time for other activities.</p>

<p>In my opinion, 8-10 hours a day is too much, and I don’t really see how it’s necessary. Unless you’re being assigned a ridiculous amount of homework, all of which is graded, you shouldn’t really need that much time to learn the concepts. Assuming you’re taking a 4 year path, the only reason I can see for studying that much is to compete with other students on a curved exam. I believe learning is devalued at that point, however, because it becomes less about the subject and more about chasing a number (GPA) that will lead to another number (salary) or name (grad school). </p>

<p>I do understand why people do it, though. I’ll probably end up doing it myself at some point. But if we’re talking about an average student, that much work is going to result in an extremely low retention rate.</p>