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Differences between taught and research degrees
Taught programmes
Taught & Masters Degrees (eg MSc) typically last a year and involve a period of assessed study (lectures, tutorials, seminars) followed by a period of supervised research resulting in a dissertation.
Research degrees
Research degrees (eg PhD) usually require 2 - 3 years of either individual or team-based supervised research involving original investigation and experimentation.
This article was published on Sep 6, 2011