An important addition is that all these discussion are strongly country dependent. While the difference between engineering/science and humanities MAs and PhD e

An important addition is that all these discussion are strongly country dependent. While the difference between engineering/science and humanities MAs and PhD exist everywhere. Specifics vary quite strongly between countries. One example: in Australia most PhDs only require an honors year (a fourth year in the bachelor, which is even normal for many engineering degrees) while any several other an MA is required.