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During my PhD I have developed two different research projects in parallel. This was not planned from the beginning, it just happened this way. I am sure each of these could be presented as a PhD and I am thinking on the possibility of presenting both, one after the other one. Would that make sense?

I had a quick talk with my Professor although I didn't ask him about this option because I had the fear he would find it a bit arrogant. So first of all, I wanted to get to know if it is meaningful.

Thanks in advance

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  • See also: Is it sensible to do two PhDs simultaneously?
    – Cape Code
    Commented Oct 11, 2015 at 10:01
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    You cannot obtain two Ph.D. degrees by carrying out two research projects in the same field, albeit in different topics – it just does not make sense. Ph.D. is a per-discipline degree or a per-field-of-study degree (the latter applies to interdisciplinary fields).
    – Aleksandr Blekh
    Commented Oct 11, 2015 at 10:16
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    I am not sure you understand what a PhD is. In many disciplines (e.g. CS) you need multiple good publications (>3) to obtain a PhD. Thus, you have to work on many different projects (somewhat related but not entirely) to actually produce these publications.
    – Alexandros
    Commented Oct 11, 2015 at 13:26
  • Thanks for your reply. However I understand my question is substantially different from the previous threat on this topic. In that one, the person is asking if it is worthy to work in this direction as a future plan. In mine, I already have two fully finished projects and I'm wondering whether presenting them both as PhDs is a good idea.
    – user3380098
    Commented Oct 11, 2015 at 14:03
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    In addition to the earlier comments, I don't see how you can submit two PhD theses when you are only registered on one PhD course.
    – Simon B
    Commented Oct 12, 2015 at 12:16

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There are many more interesting groups you could present the second project to than a doctoral committee.

Go forth and publish.

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  • Thanks for the reply. Sorry, what kind of groups do you mean? Both projects are done at a university.
    – user3380098
    Commented Oct 11, 2015 at 14:00
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    Conferences, peer-reviewed journals
    – Ben Voigt
    Commented Oct 11, 2015 at 15:43

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