PhDs for me i think its more like an achievement in life. Its something you can feel very proud off when you retire and start to look back on what you have done with your life.

Tom, d*** and Harry has Degrees on the street, you can't say the same for PhDs.

wow, people take up phd for the love of knowledge but you do it for the title. Wow, just wow.

Title is just a bonus. Something optional, that's all. Pay 10k to get a PhD cert? I guess it makes sense why these days so many rubbish thesis full of plagiarism is common.

I just start my Phd. I am doing it because of my supervisor request. He keep asking me after i finished my master because short of phd student . So i took it. Feel regret but it already to late.   

Im doing his reseach, become GRA for 4 month and then got mybrain. So right now im doing all his research for free 

Just got my MBA as well. The thought of going into DBA is strong, but the class fees are high and a lot of DBA graduates aren't getting any better pays also so decided to drop the thought of taking DBA.

But getting a Dr. in front of your name sounds cool. lol

phd useless here. dun waste your time. No point become a broke phd guy when even the spm guy who start working early is even richer than u and worst they could be your boss lol

Thanks for the info. For PHD, is it same as DBA where you need to submit your proposal first then see if they want to accept you?

can i skip master and straight study phd after getting my degree?

Just out of curiosity, what is the olderst age of members here that started their PhD (or even DBA) and are there anyone from Corporate sector (ie not Academia from Uni) doing their PhD (or DBA) here?

for the thesis , normally  how long did the students take to finish it?

I would like to add that it also depends on the candidate's supervisor. Very much so.

But Cheah, if the uni allows their students to complete within 2 years, they will be breaching the rules set by the 3 accreditation bodies... I understand that the minimum is 3 years..

(But I am talking about DBA)

If that is the case, I suspect the school is not accredited (by all 3 agencies but maybe 1-2) because I have experience with 3 friends of mine who could not get their PHD because they did it full time and the school refused to let him pass because it will affect their accreditation by the 3 accreditation agencies. 

Starbucki, I dont understand your question....

The best reason for PhD is your curiosity to know something in deep.You create new KNOWLEDGE through the PhD process, which these knowledge is unique in the world. Not big knowledge as Newton and Einstein. It is normally small such as a better equation to calculate the velocity of flow in engineering or discover the pattern of currency change with low oil price in economic.

PhD developed two skills, which are SCIENTIFIC SKILL and TECHNICAL SKILL. Both skills are essential in the modern world. Once you put 'Dr' in front of your name, people will expect you are good in both skills. PhD bring you benefit in long term to carry 'Dr' as international title for life. You need times to digest the benefit of 'Dr'.

PhD will be very dissapinted to those aiming fpr instant benefit in term of money or fame. PhD is a long term investment as property. If you can flip in 2 or 3 years, it is good. Most peoples invest PhD for life.