New D.Eng. degree at PSWC

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My understanding is a big difference is that it has less strict requirements than a PhD. A student can do a project rather than research. This works better for people in industry because you can do a project related to your work, but also dont have to publish it unlike most PhDs who want peer-reviewed research publications. I guess in many ways it is like any professional doctorate in that it focuses more on application than research, but there are certainly PhD that focus on applied sciences and professional doctorates that focus on research.

TLDR: It was developed as a way for people to get doctorates using engineering work they do without publicly releasing company secrets and/or using projects rather than research.