At the end of my 4-year undergraduate course, I'll have (hopefully!) an M.Sci in Physics. I've read lots on this forum about needing a Masters degree, which I take to mean a postgraduate MSc.
If I have my undergraduate masters degree, will this be enough of a qualification to do a PhD or will I need to do a postgraduate degree first?
Well, officially, all you need is a 2:1 or above on a bachelors course. An MSci would be better and a postgrad MSc or MRes would be better still. Start applying for PhDs in November/December, if you don't get anywhere, you can always apply for a postgrad masters and do a PhD after that, but that's an expensive route
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