Will a mistake in my PhD thesis cause my PhD degree to be revoked?

The general rule is that, the degree will be revoked only if the mistake is made deliberately, such as by experiment result falsification.

Can a PhD degree be revoked?

To revoke a PhD requires to show that you somehow have taken credit for someone else’s work, which this seems to be not the case. However, you need to look at the university PhD revoke policy to see if this is the case. You did the experiments and concluded incorrectly.

What happens after a thesis defense?

You pass with revisions. Your committee, supervisor, external or all three have revisions for you to incorporate into your thesis. You make the changes, and depending on the severity, either go back to the committee, or usually just get your supervisor to sign off. This is the most common outcome.

Does PhD have to be novel?

In the case of a PhD, it is supposed to signify a student is now capable of doing research. Research (as opposed to literature review) necessarily involves new and novel results. Therefore novelty is a requirement.

What happens when you defend your PhD?

Defending a thesis largely serves as a formality because the paper will already have been evaluated. During a defense, a student will be asked questions by members of the thesis committee. Questions are usually open-ended and require that the student think critically about his or her work.

How hard is it to write a PhD defense?

I’ll just say that everyone’s PhD Defense is unique and is unpredictable. Your talk/presentation is only as good as you want it to be. And you cannot fully prepare for all the endless possibility of questions. If you wrote a 200 page thesis, your thesis commitee can pick apart an error bar on a graph on page 133.

Can you successfully defend a thesis in a room?

At the end of the day, if you wrote a good quality thesis and are CONFIDENT, you should have no problem successfully defending and leaving that room with a sense of relief. Either way, I wanted to share my experience while it is still fresh in my mind

Can I get a video of my thesis defense?

If you cannot obtain any thesis defense talks on video, make sure that you go to actual public thesis defense talks. At least go to one so that you have a good idea of how to TIE the whole story together and give your audience the big picture. Keep in mind that you are giving a talk to a general audience.

How long does it take to write a thesis defense?

In general, a thesis defense may take only 20 minutes, but it may also take two hours or more. This also depends on how much time is allocated to the presentation and questioning part.