/sci/ - Science & Math

>>14792064
Is it possible to get enrolled in a PhD that is related to your field of study but you have no real formal education for it?

For instance I would like to do a PhD in physics or more specifically quantum computation and information because it's new so it's very pluridisciplinary and I like it.

I'm swiss and I have the equivalent of a computer science / electrical engineering double major, with a heavy emphasis on math classes, but I have barely touched quantum physics, and don't know shit about solid state, quantum electrodynamics, lasers and whatnot.

I've seen people with bachelors in CS go to Chemistry PhD in the US and I wonder how it works, where I live it is impossible, you need a masters degree related to the field of study to even apply for a PhD.