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8 Things to Know About PhD - ThePhDHub

8 Things to Know About PhD

Dec 21, 2022

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Dr Tushar Chauhan

Hey, if you are a grade or high school student and willing to be a scientist and pursue PhD, you should know these things about PhD.

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PhD is the highest level of academic honor in any Education system and is given to find new knowledge in the relevant field.

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Unlike the common curriculum of the education system, no examination is required for PhD, instead, an open discussion session is conducted to award it.

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No Examination

It takes ideally 3 years to complete a PhD. However, it may take more than 5 or 7 years to complete it. It depends on the topic's complexity.

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Duration

The sheer goal of doing a PhD is to select a topic, identify a gap/problem and fill it by finding new knowledge.

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Find knowledge

PhD can be awarded in any stream. Popularly, students apply after a master's degree– in science, arts, commerce or engineering.

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Streams

PhDs– after completion, honored as Dr. Note that honorary PhDs can’t use Dr with their name.

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Doctorate honor

To defend their work students have to write a thesis. The thesis must be long enough to justify the topic.

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Dissertation

In case, if referees aren’t satisfied with the work, they advise revision. PhDs never fail.

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Fail or not

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