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MREs or MSc??

Lea509 2 posts
7 years ago

Quote From Tudor_Queen:
If going to a top 5 uni is important to you then you should go for that one - otherwise you'd probably regret it based on what you've said.

As others are also saying here - yes, you can get non-research jobs with an MRes. The MRes is geared toward research (hence the name) but not to the exclusion of everything else. Some or most of my peers from the MRes have gone on to do non-PhD/non-research jobs.

Thank you, that's what I thought. The MSc is a course I love, it involves a lot of field work and skills which are more geared to the work I want (however if I did decide to do a PhD I could). The MREs doesn't really sound like my cup of tea, the only reason I'd pick it is for the prestige and employability from the uni but I think that would be the wrong choice.

MREs or MSc??

Lea509 2 posts
8 years ago

Hi everyone. I'm having trouble deciding between two universities. I've gotten offers to one MSc and one MREs. At this time I'm unsure if I want to do a PhD in the future so does doing the MREs put me at a disadvantage for non-research careers? The MSc uni is very good but the MREs one is a top 5 uni, so it's making my decision very hard! I don't want to be stuck in research if I choose the MREs but I also don't want to pass up the opportunity to go to such a great uni.
So I guess I'm really asking if I could get the same non-PhD jobs with both?
(PS the degree is in wildlife conservation)