• Question: Is there any other role higher than a PHD?

    Asked by Jonny Lyon to Huma, Jack, Lucy, Miranda, Peter on 7 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: Huma Shah

      Huma Shah answered on 7 Nov 2016:

      Hello Jonny Lyon,

      A PhD is a higher degree, not a role as such unless you’re a PhD candidate undertaking research towards this qualification. I know of higher doctorates awarded to senior professors for high impact research. And of course there are lots of awards, I guess the highest are the Nobel Prizes, and the ACM Turing award in computing.

      Hope you’re interested in researching towards a PhD 🙂

      Huma

    • Photo: Peter Boorman

      Peter Boorman answered on 7 Nov 2016:

      Hi Jonny,

      Once someone gets a PhD, they have ‘Dr.’ before their name, but after that they can become a ‘Post-doctoral researcher’, which is basically a funded position to continue research. After that, one of the highest positions is to become a Professor!

      Peter

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