Defense of PhD Dissertation
PhD dissertation/thesis is an academic paper, which is written in order to get the highest or one of the highest academic degrees - PhD degree which means Doctor of Philosophy. In fact, in the majority of countries this degree is the highest academic degree. Getting PhD degree students finish the process of education. It is possible that he or she will continue to work in the sphere if education, but it is also possible that PhD dissertation/thesis writing is the last possibility to a student to lose himself /herself in educational process.
The process of PhD dissertation/thesis writing can’t be called as an easy one, because it is not easy, it is difficult. Though, if the dissertation/thesis topic is interesting for you then you will make your PhD dissertation/thesis with bigger enthusiasm.
To write PhD dissertation/thesis and to edit it is only 75% of the whole work. Other 25% belong to the process of defense and submission. If these two events pass well, they you will get PhD degree. If something is not OK with the paper, then new revisions and corrections will be necessary. When your paper is finished, the next step is oral defense as it is called in the USA, and voce viva in the Great Britain. In some countries oral defense is obligatory one like in The UK, the USA, or Germany, in other countries like Australia, oral defense is not required. There are four possible results of dissertation defense:
- accepted without correction
- certain revision is required
- deep revision is required
- not accepted
The most popular result is the second one. Often students have to make some small changes and corrections in their dissertations. As for last two results, they are rather rare cases as well as the first result.