What it means to be a doctor of science?

Original translation vanya_ronin via ibigdan

Each fall, I explain a new group of students that want to become doctors of science, what it is. It's hard to explain it in simple words, so I use the image.

12 pictures

Imagine a circle, which contains all human knowledge:





When you finish primary school, you know quite a bit:



By the end of high school for more than:



With a bachelor's degree you have a specialty:



Master also deepen your specialization:



Reading and studying the latest research brings you to the edge of human knowledge:



And once you're at the boundary of where to focus your interest:



You run into the border for several years:



And once the boundary is shifted:



Here you and PhD:

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