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DPhil

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abbreviation

  1. Also: PhD.  Doctor of Philosophy

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After attending Panjab University he took a master's degree at the University of Cambridge and then a DPhil at Oxford.

From BBC

She studied biochemistry in Oxford from 2005 and completed a DPhil at Oxford University's clinical pharmacology department.

From BBC

She moved to Oxford in 2005 to study biochemistry and completed a DPhil at Oxford University's clinical pharmacology department.

From BBC

As a DPhil student on a four-year funded programme, I had the rare luxury of a year to decide on the major focus of my research.

From The Guardian

But it does not require a DPhil from the University of Oxford to see how difficult that is going to be.

From Economist