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eng77 [Registered User] 08 January 2017 18:20	Phd results User: eng77 - 08 January 2017 18:20 Hi fellows, i am doing phd in electrical engineering. I have made several designs and none of them works fine so far. Now my contract may end after less than a year. Do you think i should ask my supervisor to do a new alternative to get my phd? For ex. I do a theoritical analysis and publish a paper about it? The problem is that i want to know what happens if my designs dont work at all. Will i still get a phd or not? Here the supervisor has the ultimate power to decide if your work worth a phd degree or not. Thank you in advance
TreeofLife [Registered User] 10 January 2017 14:42	User: TreeofLife - 10 January 2017 14:42 In the UK you would still get a PhD if you did everything correctly but for some reason the project didn't 'work'. You need to check what happens in your department/country in situations like this.
eng77 [Registered User] 12 January 2017 23:20	User: eng77 - 12 January 2017 23:20 I am in Germany and here it is not rare to leave after 4 or 5 years without a phd. They pay you salary as a research assistant at least in my case but the drawback is that you may get a phd or not

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eng77

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08 January 2017 18:20

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User: eng77 - 08 January 2017 18:20

Hi fellows, i am doing phd in electrical engineering. I have made several designs and none of them works fine so far. Now my contract may end after less than a year. Do you think i should ask my supervisor to do a new alternative to get my phd? For ex. I do a theoritical analysis and publish a paper about it?
The problem is that i want to know what happens if my designs dont work at all. Will i still get a phd or not? Here the supervisor has the ultimate power to decide if your work worth a phd degree or not. Thank you in advance

TreeofLife

[Registered User]
10 January 2017 14:42

User: TreeofLife - 10 January 2017 14:42

In the UK you would still get a PhD if you did everything correctly but for some reason the project didn't 'work'. You need to check what happens in your department/country in situations like this.

eng77

[Registered User]
12 January 2017 23:20

User: eng77 - 12 January 2017 23:20

I am in Germany and here it is not rare to leave after 4 or 5 years without a phd. They pay you salary as a research assistant at least in my case but the drawback is that you may get a phd or not

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