MS

Examples

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• Teach: Few low-MS programs offer teaching assistantships, but teaching experience is vital for an academic position.

  Academic text (2009)

• By comparison, the resident MS in IT students at UTK were required to attend face-to-face classes on the campus at UTK.

  Academic text (2015)

• Throughout the semester, there were physicists with BS, MS, and PhD degrees.

  Academic text (2003)

• She earned her MS in environmental science after two years of dedicated research.

• Many job applicants hold an MS in computer science, which is highly valued in the tech industry.

• To become a researcher in biology, he decided to pursue an MS to deepen his understanding of the subject.

Synonyms

M

master's degree

vsMS

61 3.3

A university degree you get after a bachelor's and before a PhD

is limited to science and technical fields rather than all subjects

M

MSc

vsMS

• UK

2 4.2

A university degree in science or a technical subject after a first degree

is the same qualification but often written as a shorter abbreviation

M

Master of Science

vsMS

2 4.2

A university degree taken after a bachelor's for study in science or related subjects

is the same qualification but presented here in abbreviated form

S

SM

vsMS

• Specialized

1 5.5

A degree after university studies in science subjects like biology or engineering

is the identical degree but shown using a different abbreviation style

How Advanced

PhD

• UK

139 4.8

MS

• Formal

3 3.5

bachelor's degree

34 2.7

Surface Forms

Etymology