If you are seeking the Ph.D. Degree under the normal regulations, you are required to have "kept three terms at least by residence" (i.e. have lived within thre

If you are seeking the Ph.D. Degree under the normal regulations, you are required to have "kept three terms at least by residence" (i.e. have lived within three miles of Great St. Mary's Church for a year) [1]. There is also a minimum time of 9 terms (ie. 3 years) that must be spent as a Graudate Student [2]. The alternative 'special regulations' apply only to graduates of the Cambridge University, or graduates of another university who have been admitted "to some office in the University or to a Headship or a Fellowship of a College" [3]. > d) ... that's it; there is no part d) Well, the most likely outcome of the viva is a pass with minor corrections, so there typically is a part d - "make the corrections requested by the examiners and re-submit". [1]: https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/so/2017/chapter02-section9.html#xref-A-4137-1 https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/so/2017/chapter02-section9.... [2]: https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/so/2017/chapter07-section13.html#heading1-13 https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/so/2017/chapter07-section13... [3]: https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/so/2017/chapter07-section13.html#heading2-54 https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/so/2017/chapter07-section13...