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For background, I have a PhD in applied/computational math, and am working in academia, though at an earlier point in my life I did contemplate going into the (
by kkylin 10y ago
For background, I have a PhD in applied/computational math, and am working in academia, though at an earlier point in my life I did contemplate going into the (software) industry.
For whatever it's worth, I'm mostly happy with the choices I made, including getting a PhD in math. That said, I agree with the sentiment that a traditional PhD is not quite what many (I'm not sure about "most") people need. It makes sense to me to have a parallel system for providing training beyond a master's but isn't a traditional PhD. But working out what such a program would entail requires figuring out a lot of practical details, and it may be some time before such things become commonplace, if ever.
- madengr 10y agoWhat about a D.Eng? Is there an equivalent in other fields? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Engineering https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Engineering
- kkylin 10y agoI don't think it is all that common in engineering programs here in the US, though not being an engineer myself, I am really speaking out of ignorance here. I don't know if there is something equivalent in the sciences -- there are ScDs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Science https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Science) but as far as I can tell, it is equivalent to a PhD in all but name. Also, based on the description on Wikipedia, it seems like a D.Eng. is basically like a PhD except that the research problem can be more "applied" (not sure what this means -- it can mean very different things in different fields). In particular, a student still has to pass courses and exams, and in the end work on a piece of individual research as their dissertation.