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flowering_sun_star t1_jao9klh wrote

Heh, for my DPhil I basically relied entirely on Arxiv. There were very few occasions where I'd look at the journal's version of a paper.

It's a little surreal really - all the institutions pay great sums for access to various physics journals, and none of the researches actually have to use it because the web interface for arxiv.org is more convenient!

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Kyral210 t1_japxr6y wrote

What is a DPhil and how is it different to a PhD?

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flowering_sun_star t1_jaqdrb0 wrote

There's a few UK institutions that call it a DPhil instead of PhD (including where I went), and I don't know why. Knowing Oxford, I wouldn't discount the possibility that someone was making a point about latin word order or being different for the sake of being different.

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Kyral210 t1_jaqg04d wrote

Interesting. My PhD certificate (UK) says Doctor of Philosophy yet my title is PhD

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can-nine t1_jaqjv6g wrote

PhD means philosophy doctor.

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Kyral210 t1_jaqsibe wrote

And my certificate still says Doctor of Philosophy 🧐

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