• Question: whats the difference between a phd and a doctorate?

    Asked by maze42pie to Sudhin, Sergio, Katie, Frances, Diarmuid, Aoife on 13 Nov 2019.
    • Photo: Frances Shiely

      Frances Shiely answered on 13 Nov 2019:

      No difference at all!

    • Photo: Katie Fala

      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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