EngD - PhD comparison

Why do an EngD?

• A PhD is an excellent grounding for someone intent on a career as an academic researcher based in a university. An EngD helps those with ambitions in business, industry and other non-academic organisations.
• PhD research is often university-based. Research engineers (REs) studying for an EngD work closely with an industrial sponsor.
• PhD research can be quite abstract or theoretical. EngD research usually concerns a topic related to the business activities of the industrial sponsor.
• PhD projects are primarily focused on research activities. EngD programmes typically combine research and taught courses.

In one key respect, however, the PhD and EngD share a common objective. The test of intellectual contribution for the award of an EngD is at least equivalent of that for a PhD (ie: a distinct 'contribution to knowledge').