A master’s degree is a specialized moderate level of degree given to any discipline. While the PhD is the highest level of honor given to the person in a specific subject.
We are postulating differences between various degrees to make you understand what a PhD is! There are a lot of PhD students who passed PhD but still don’t know how the doctorate degree is different and what is its meaning.
The majority of people do PhD only to get a good salary and a comfortable job. But as a PhD, your role doesn’t end only to get a job, you have to aware and teach others as well. In the present article, I will give you some of the common differences between PhD and Masters’s degrees.
Masters vs PhD:
Usually, the entrance test is not mandatory for enrolling in the masters, unlike the PhD degree, in which an entrance test or M Phil is sometimes required to enroll.
One must have completed their undergraduate or bachelor’s degree to enroll in a master’s degree while for the PhD as I said, masters degree or M.Phil or entrance example or all three are required.
Generally, it takes 2 to 3 years to complete a masters degree whereas 3 to 7 years are required to complete the PhD degree.
The doctor of philosophy is a tedious task, one has to invest money and time. Financially, more money and time are required to complete the PhD degree as compared to the master’s degree.
Because of this reason, the future opportunities are more for the PhD degree holder then the master degree holder.
The master’s degree or post graduation is the moderate level and nearly less research work is there, therefore, one has to invest less money for it.
In addition to this, due to the immense expertise in a specific area, a PhD degree holder honored well in every field, they are on higher positions always, while the master’s degree holders are on the other hand works under them.
The master’s degree is more career-oriented while the PhD degree is more research-oriented.
Furthermore, stipend and fellowship amount and opportunities are very strong in PhD in comparison with the master’s degree.
The course work is sometimes compulsorily required in PhD, but not an examination while the examination, at the end of each semester, must be required in master,s but not the course work.
The evaluation process of PhD is totally different in which a thesis, research paper and viva are compulsorily needed. Contrary, The master’s degree is evaluated by grade and examination system. To complete is one has to get good grades, marks or clear some examinations.
Also, research paper and thesis like things aren’t needed, however, some universities offer a shot project work for master’s degree students. In that a small research project is given to them and students has to write a small project report or thesis.
The project makes them prepare to get into PhD, that is the whole motif of it.
The PhD degree is an honor, it can not be compared with marks or grades. Meanwhile, marks and grades show how someone is good at their masters. Marks and grades don’t decide someone’s talent and knowledge, though.
Related article: Difference between M.D vs PhD.
Conclusion:
Conclusively, we can say to earn more and get a good salary package one has to go for a PhD. Some subjects are more career-oriented in which instead of doing PhD, job experience counts more, for instance, marketing.
For those subjects, PhD is worthless. On the other side, for subjects like Physics, chemistry, biology and psychology, doctor of philosophy is a golden key for their career.
So we can say, both PhD and master’s are not equivalent but still each have their own importance.
Dr. Tushar Chauhan is a Scientist, Blogger and Scientific-writer. He has completed PhD in Genetics. Dr. Chauhan is a PhD coach and tutor.
