0 Question: whats the difference between a phd and a doctorate? Keywords: degree, doctorate, PhD, study Asked by maze42pie to Sudhin, Sergio, Katie, Frances, Diarmuid, Aoife on 13 Nov 2019.
Frances Shiely answered on 13 Nov 2019:
No difference at all!
Katie Fala answered on 20 Nov 2019:
Yes, like Frances said they mean the same thing. PhD stands for Philosophiae Doctor or a doctor of philosophy (regardless of the subject you study). Another way to look at it is that achieving a doctorate makes you a doctor.
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