• Question: What is PhD?

    Asked by MaddieTheUnicorn to Kristi on 7 Nov 2017. This question was also asked by 767strk33.
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      Kristi Sawyer answered on 7 Nov 2017:

      When you first go to university, your first degree (3 years) is called a Bachelors degree, or BSc for science subjects. When you graduate, you can move onto a Masters (further teaching), or a PhD, which is a doctorate. A PhD allows you to choose your own project that interests you and do your own research. After 3 or 4 years, you write a thesis, which is basically a large book describing everything you have found. When I graduate, I will be called Dr!

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