• Question: what is a PhD?

    Asked by lewis and coby to Kirsty R, Izzy on 25 Feb 2025.
    • Photo: Izzy Newsham

      Izzy Newsham answered on 25 Feb 2025:

      A PhD is something you do after university if you want to keep studying, where you get to research a topic of your choice.
      You can choose anything you are interested in, and you spend several years studying and becoming an expert in that topic.
      For example, my PhD is a mix of computer science and biology.

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  • Photo: Karen E

    Karen E commented on :

    It’s a doctorate – an advanced University degree. I think here in the UK, you can go directly from an undergraduate degree (usually a B.S. or Bachelor of Science) to a PhD. In the USA, you usually have to get a M.S. or Master of Science before the PhD.