I know there are a few people on the forum who are doing their PhD elsewhere than UK. Couldn't you please tell us something about it? How long will it take, how are you funded, what do you think of the education system etc. Thanks in advance :)

I am doing my PhD in the Netherlands. The contract is 4 yrs, which is also the length of the PhD program. As a PhD student, we are employed at the uni, so we are funded by the salary. There is an eval after 1 yr. Basically there are no credits to collect by attending courses or taking exams for the program, though a student is entitled to take courses or a spring/summer school, say oncce a year.