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Do a PhD after doing an MPhil?

I am a Computer Science PhD student in the UK. I am at the end of my 3rd year right now (July 2006) doing my second interim assessment – these are evaluation sessions taking place in the middle of the course. The interim presentation I had was excellent and there was nothing wrong about it, except the fact that I am in the end of my 3rd year and just finished it now! My supervisor and co-supervisor expressed a concern that I am wasting their time and it will probably take another year and a half to finish my PhD, but I have enough work done for an MPhil instead. This may show to you that I am a sloppy student, but there are other reasons for my situation (think silly politics and doublecrossing backstabbing hypocrite bureaucrauts). I was offered the choice to leave with an MPhil if I want to. My question is: If one has an MPhil how easy is to get on a PhD later on in his life? Will it take another 3 years in a UK university? Is there a standard duration for this? Please advise!

If you sincerely feel that the people you are working with would only work with you grudgingly and resentfully if you pressed on toward the Ph.D., it might be wise to move on to greener pastures. It does sound, however, like you’re very close to finishing up, and the transfer of credit and credentials to another school, as you apprehend, can be pretty inexact.

I’m afraid that I don’t know the terms and conditions that apply to the UK or to C.S., but remaining in the program is almost certainly the option with less risk involved. If your priority is the richness and camraderie of the doctoral experience, I would recommend moving on; if time is pressing (for whatever reasons), and you think that your mentors can be convinced of your commitment to finishing up strongly, it might be best to tough it out for that extra year and a half.

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