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Posted Aug 17, 2019 04:27

Hello everyone!

I'm an electrical engineer with 4 years of experience.

If i wanted to complete my masters and perhaps phD aswell, i have 2 options. The first would be to complete MSc in the same field, which is electrical engineering and then do the phD, the second option would be to go for a career change and perhaps new "better" opportunities with the MBA or MPM then complete phD. Am i correct?
Hello everyone!

I'm an electrical engineer with 4 years of experience.

If i wanted to complete my masters and perhaps phD aswell, i have 2 options. The first would be to complete MSc in the same field, which is electrical engineering and then do the phD, the second option would be to go for a career change and perhaps new "better" opportunities with the MBA or MPM then complete phD. Am i correct?
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Posted Aug 17, 2019 13:59

This depends on your goals, and what you want to research for your PhD. If you don't care what you research in your PhD, then you should not do a PhD.
This depends on your goals, and what you want to research for your PhD. If you don't care what you research in your PhD, then you should not do a PhD.
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Posted Aug 20, 2019 17:57

An MBA isn't a common route into a PhD - it's more of a professionally-oriented degree that aids in career support to find management-level jobs after graduation. Not to say that MBA --> PhD doesn't happen, but it's rather rare.

More common would be a research-oriented MSc where you would start work on some specialized topic and leverage this research into a PhD.
An MBA isn't a common route into a PhD - it's more of a professionally-oriented degree that aids in career support to find management-level jobs after graduation. Not to say that MBA --> PhD doesn't happen, but it's rather rare.

More common would be a research-oriented MSc where you would start work on some specialized topic and leverage this research into a PhD.
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