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MPhil

British  

abbreviation

  1. Master of Philosophy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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After doing an MPhil in linguistics at Oxford, Callimachi flirted with the idea of staying on for a PhD in Sanskrit, “which I was terrible at, by the way; really, really bad at.”

From The Guardian Aug. 11, 2018

Krishnan was so determined to achieve his dream that he apparently wrote his proposal 38 times before making it to JNU’s Centre for Historical Studies, for an MPhil programme in modern history.

From The Guardian Jul. 2, 2017

Krishnan’s interest in Dalit history was something he shared with his friend Rahul Sonpimple, a second-year MPhil student at JNU.

From The Guardian Jul. 2, 2017

He received a BA from Williams College and an MPhil from the University of Cambridge.

From Time Oct. 10, 2015

She received her AB magna cum laude from Harvard, where she studied government, psychology, and creative writing, and holds an MPhil in Psychology and an MA in Political Science from Columbia.

From Scientific American Sep. 6, 2011

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