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| Jan 9, 2016 at 23:56 | comment | added | DetlevCM | Indeed - 4 year limit, though I do definitely disagree with it. In practice there shouldn't be anything keeping you from submitting a thesis even after 20 years IF your advisers are happy for you to still submit or willing to find someone to cover the supervision. Incidentally, given the state of some places of academia and the very political "topic chasing" as well as the diverse background of PhD students, it isn't unusual for students to submit close to the end of the 4 years... (due to having to read about the topic, then finding a lack of equipment, etc.) | |
| Jan 9, 2016 at 15:06 | comment | added | Marc Glisse | Indeed. In France, in sciences (humanities are different), one easy reason advisors don't hold on to students is that the university won't let them. | |
| Jan 8, 2016 at 19:20 | history | answered | Peter Green | CC BY-SA 3.0 |