Depends on your research field, supervisor, facilities etc.

Masters and phd locally sucks because waste the student time. Research too slow.

USM is the best because it have apex status. Even UM lose to USM when fighting for that status

impossible to finish 2 yrs time. Can bet with u

Its easy to think and good for motivation. But when u start u know its impossible. If u can do it, let me know

what field are u in? economics and stuff?

still 2 yrs is quite impossible for phd. Molecular biology sounds easy but in a phd project its not as easy as u think, not? Its not just pcr and get result then publish paper. Im sure there's alot of experiments u have to do to achieve you objective

my final yr project i did molecular bio so know abit abit la. Not like master phd expert knowledge.

worked in animal science for about 8 months or so then quit. How about u? Did masters now?

yup. Very firty work need to clean shit and urine of the mice everyday.

U jump straight to phd? What the objective of your research? How u do it?

best variant means u take many different seaweed species then produce the caree-thing and then purify the caree-thing and see which 1 produce more?

then how u know is the variant? u expert in seaweed identification?

what kind method u use for research?

so u have to pcr and identify the variant by gene sequence to determine?

and then purify the carra-something using column chromatography and then calculate the yield?

need to consult experts so difficult? cannot just consult your supervisor?

It will take even a longer time for molecular biology..unless you're in the bioinformatics side of molecular biology..

Edit: Just read about your project..my honours project was related to seaweed...Eucheuma denticulatum...but not for the carrageenan..for the phyochelatin synthase enzyme to be used for bioremediation...
and by the way, usually supervisiors wont let student off so early...they will ask you to do further research if you are lucky and good enough to reach your objectives early...students are the workhorse in the world of research...

haha..mine was just an honours project...juz isolated the cDNA, put into E. coli and expressed the recombinant protein...never get to reach the downstream part of the work...
Moved on to Molecular mycology for my RA and now doing structural biology...
Consider yourself lucky then...usually they will say "lets see what we can do next" if they think you still have time..that's why it's common to see biology grad students take 3 years for MSc and 5 year for PhD till thesis submission....do tell me if your boss really tell you that in the future..

Just till the part where i expressed the protein in E. coli and verify using western blot..didn't have time to purify it and characterize it..
Current project not yet reached the protein crystal part..still in cloning steps..using a method called directed evolution..

Haha...That's from my observation of a few years in UKM...If a student is good and capable, the boss will most likely ask him to do more work and try to push to the limits of the MSc/ PhD candidature to get more work done (good for the boss to apply for new grant or extension in future)...the boss doesn't even mind to pay the students from research grant if the scholarship expires (the boss must be rich of course)..
since your situation is "special" and might be different, your boss might not treat you that way...
I used to have a colleague during RA time..she was an employee in Sime Darby and they funded her studies....and sime darby only allow her and fund her to do her masters for only 2 years...she just finished about 90% of her work and wrapped up her work...the supervisor have to let her go because of that (special situation)...but still it will take her 3 years if including thesis submission and viva...