I completed my PhD this year after 3 years 4 months. In most European universities, 3-4 years is the norm, and you usually only have funding for that long anywa

I completed my PhD this year after 3 years 4 months. In most European universities, 3-4 years is the norm, and you usually only have funding for that long anyway. Edit: we had one kid before starting the PhD and then another one half way through. Family and PhD is not unmixable. In fact, having a hard limit of 8 hours at the office per day surely helped me be more effective (I was responsible for dropping off and picking up from kindergarten every day).