Doctor of Philosophy Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === China === In [[China]], doctoral programs can be applied directly after obtaining a bachelor's degree or applied after obtaining a master's degree. Those who directly apply for a doctoral program after a bachelor's degree usually need four to five years to obtain a doctorate and will not be awarded a master's degree during the period.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=全日制研究生读几年?学费是多少?-中国教育在线 |url=https://www.eol.cn/ceici/kaoyan-214793.shtml#:~:text=%E5%9C%A8%E7%90%86%E8%AE%BA%E4%B8%8A%EF%BC%8C%E7%9B%B4%E5%8D%9A%E7%94%9F,%E5%9C%A8%E5%81%9A%E5%AE%9E%E9%AA%8C%E5%86%99%E8%AE%BA%E6%96%87%E3%80%82 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221211011421/https://www.eol.cn/ceici/kaoyan-214793.shtml |archive-date=2022-12-11 |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=www.eol.cn}}</ref> The courses at the doctoral level are mainly completed in the first and second years, and the remaining years are spent doing experiments/research and writing papers. At most universities, the maximum duration of doctoral study is 7 years. If a doctoral student does not complete their degree within 7 years, it is likely that they can only obtain a study certificate without any degree.<ref name=":1" /> China has thirteen statutory types of academic degrees, which also apply to doctorate degrees. Despite the naming difference, all these thirteen types of doctoral degrees are research and academic degrees that are equivalent to PhD degrees. These thirteen doctorates are:<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2022-09-14 |title=研究生教育学科专业目录(2022 年) |url=http://www.moe.gov.cn/srcsite/A22/moe_833/202209/W020220914572994461110.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211013449/http://www.moe.gov.cn/srcsite/A22/moe_833/202209/W020220914572994461110.pdf |archive-date=2022-12-11 |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China}}</ref> * Doctor of Philosophy (for the discipline of philosophy) * Doctor of Economics * Doctor of Law * Doctor of Education * Doctor of Literature * Doctor of History * Doctor of Science * Doctor of Engineering * Doctor of Agriculture * Doctor of Medicine (equivalent to a PhD in Medical Sciences) * Doctor of Military * Doctor of Management * Doctor of Fine Arts.<ref name=":2" /> In international academic communication, Chinese doctoral degree recipients sometimes translate their doctorate degree names to ''PhD in Discipline'' (such as ''PhD in Engineering, Computer Science'') to facilitate peer understanding. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page