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Asked by anon-351369 on 13 Mar 2023.
Question: what does PHD stand for?
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Rebecca Walker answered on 13 Mar 2023:
PhD stands for Doctor of Philosophy. You can get a Doctor of Philosophy in whatever your chosen subject area is: for example, my degree certificate says ‘Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry’ but I know people who have PhDs in Psychology and Creative Writing!
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Graeme Dykes answered on 13 Mar 2023:
Ph. D. = “Doctor of Philosophy”
This goes back to a time when a “Doctor” was a learned person or teacher, not a healer, specifically.
In the UK, once you have your PhD you are allowed to call yourself “Doctor”. This is not the same in all countries. You may heard people criticise the US president’s wife for using “Doctor Biden” when she does not hold any degree in medicine. -
Martin McCoustra answered on 13 Mar 2023:
It stands for Doctor of Philisophy and this is the degree you get after 3 or 4 years working on a specific research problem at university. I also have a Doctor of Science degree which took me 15 years to get.
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Graeme Barker answered on 14 Mar 2023:
It stands for “Doctor of Philosophy,” and it’s a postgraduate degree you can study for after your first university degree. It usually takes 3 – 4 years, and is solely working on research. Usually, there aren’t any exams or grades – it is simply pass or fail, based on a thesis you have written about your research (mine is just over 300 pages), then a 2 – 3 hour oral examination with two senior academics.
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