PhD - can you keep your Masters Degree?

Salthillprom

This might seem like a slightly odd question but I genuinely don't know the answer. I'm currently completing a Masters and I'm really contemplating continuing to PhD level thereafter. My exam results are looking good and my supervisor is impressed with my Thesis to date. If I complete my Masters and wish to do further research for a PhD on the same topic as my current thesis, do I still get awarded a Masters Degree and do I get to keep it? Or must I give it up if I complete a PhD on the same topic (with far greater research scope of course)?

Also, I'm working full time and I'm undertaking this additional study because it's something I'm very interested in, but it has nothing whatsoever to do with my current job/career. I intend to keep working full-time while completing the PhD. It seems that a requirement of circa 200 pages is sufficient for a PhD in the university that I intend to complete it in. This to me seems very little given there is no much research to be done on my topic of interest. I genuinely feel I'd research and write what I'd need within 2 years. Is it a requirement that a PhD must take longer? Or is the time frame based on how quickly you can complete your research?

Many thanks.

Sklarker

I pretty much did what you're talking about. Completed an MSc and then continued the same topic to PhD level and didn't lose my masters! I had enough done to complete the PhD after 2 years pooling all topic publications but in my college I think there was some 2.5 year minimum. Ended up spending 3 years