Marvel characters with a Ph.D?

[davew128]

Lastly, don't forget that lawyers receive the equivalent of a Ph.D. in the form of the Juris Doctor or Doctor of Jurisprudence degree. So depending on the scope of your inquiry, you can include characters like She-Hulk and Daredevil in the list. (Obviously, attorneys don't generally run around using the "Dr." title. "Esq." is more the acceptable professional standard.)

A Juris Doctor is not the equivalent of a PhD. It's an advanced degree on par with a master's degree. There are also masters of laws degrees and doctor of laws degrees for those who already have a JD.

[mugiwara]

Well, Doom can get a doctorate from the University of Latveria if there is a University of Latveria.

If there was not an University of Latveria, he probably built one just for this purpose.

[Zauriel]

Yeah, is the intent of the thread to list characters with doctoral degrees or just those with a PhD?

If it's any doctoral degree (including law and medicine), I nominate Thor. Two Thors, actually. I leave it to the reader to discover how and why, but it really ain't that difficult.
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A medicinal doctor's equivalent to a PhD is called Doctor of Medicine (abbreviated M.D.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Medicine

Doesn't MCU Jane Foster have a master's degree in astrophysics?

[CaptCleghorn]

A medicinal doctor's equivalent to a PhD is called Doctor of Medicine (abbreviated M.D.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Medicine

Doesn't MCU Jane Foster have a master's degree in astrophysics?

According to this, she has the title doctor:

https://marvelcinematicuniverse.fand...ki/Jane_Foster

[Zauriel]

A Juris Doctor is not the equivalent of a PhD. It's an advanced degree on par with a master's degree. There are also masters of laws degrees and doctor of laws degrees for those who already have a JD.

You are correct. Richard Nixon, Bill and Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama all have had a Juris Doctor. The current united States senators who were lawyers have a JD. The entire SCOTUS have a Juris Doctor. Every US Attorney General since the 1970's have had a JD.

[Sandy Hausler]

Which characters do you know have a Ph.D. which is short for Philosophy Doctor (Doctor of Philosophy)?

Reed Richards - has about 30 or more PhDs
Bruce Banner - has seven or eight PhDs, which he claimed he has in a Thor MCU movie.
Dr. Strange - has a degree in neurosurgery
Henry Pym - has PhDs in biochemistry and entomology
Dr. Octopus
Curt Connors
Professor X (Charles Francis Xavier) - has got a degree in genetics from the University of Oxford


I don't know if Hank McCoy ever got any degree from a college.


Peter Parker had a PhD in biophysics but it was revoked due to plagiarism

Doctor Doom was expelled from university so he didn't get a doctorate. He's probably the only doctor without a doctorate

Dr. Strange is an M.D., not a Ph.D. to the best of my knowledge. While it's always tough to figure out when superheroes have the time for education. I'm pretty sure Hank McCoy has a Ph.D. Probably has since before he was working at Brand (where he became the hairy Beast).

[Sandy Hausler]

There is another Doctor of Law degree called Legum Doctor (LL.D.). It is a doctorate-level academic degree in law

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Law

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legum_Doctor

That's right. A J.D. is not a "real" doctorate. (I say this as a lawyer.)

[Zauriel]

If there was not an University of Latveria, he probably built one just for this purpose.

Here is an interesting article for forumers to read in case they haven't read it.

[Zauriel]

Dr. Strange is an M.D., not a Ph.D. to the best of my knowledge. While it's always tough to figure out when superheroes have the time for education. I'm pretty sure Hank McCoy has a Ph.D. Probably has since before he was working at Brand (where he became the hairy Beast).

I stand corrected. Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) is different from Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D).

Professor Xavier gave Hank McCoy a PhD. As a teacher and professor, Charles Xavier may have been authorized to.

Doesn't Amadeus Cho already have a PhD? I know he is young but he is already very smart, he could have earned a degree. In real life, there are kids Cho's age who earned a doctorate.

[pinoypanzer]

Doesn't Amadeus Cho already have a PhD? I know he is young but he is already very smart, he could have earned a degree. In real life, there are kids Cho's age who earned a doctorate.

616 Amadeus Cho is apparently a high school drop-out and is largely self-educated. You may be thinking of the Amadeus Cho from the Ultimate Universe who had like 3 doctorates.

[Crimz]

On a related note, I'm still waiting for someone to name whatever doctorate Marvel lazily gave Sue Storm.
How can you give someone a qualification and not state what it's in? You can't say you did a good thing. How lazy.

[Yin&Yang]

Dr. Monica Rappaccini Phd, a Physicist like Banner.

Dr. Alice Nugent aka Dr.Spectrum. Unknown worked as a Scientist under Pym.

Dr. Karla Sofen MD in Psychiatry & Phd in Psychology aka Moonstone/Meteorite.

Dr. Voletta Todd Nuclear Physicist. aka Ion

Dr. Tania Belinskaya MD Neurosurgeon aka Starlight. A Neurosurgeon close friend of Doctor Strange. She was also part of Defenders. But she is an MD (Doctor of Medicine) though not a Phd Scientist.

[Tony Stark]

Tony has PhDs in Physics, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering. It's not just a Master's of ME.

Thank you for posting this. You beat me to it.

[rhaenylis]

Brian Braddock has a PhD in Physics

[Hypestyle]

obviously not Peter Parker (anymore)...