In US masters is part of the PhD, while in the EU/UK it’s not (AFAIK).
In my program and many others, the masters is not directly part of the PhD program, but is what they give you if you fail your qualifying exams and leave early (AKA "a gentleman's masters degree")
> In my program and many others, the masters is not directly part of the PhD program,
In the US? Interesting.
Does that count the time it takes to get a masters? I feel like I recall my coworkers in England doing a 1-2 year masters, and then the 3-4 year PhD after.
It doesn't. You're expected to do BSc -> MSc -> PhD. There are some undergrad programmes that give BSc + MSc, though.
Italy: 3 years
Spain: 4 or longer (took 7 for me)
Sweden: 5 most common