I took a Masters in Maths with the Open University for no other reason than fun/fulfillment. A textbook, some problem sheets, nine months and an exam. Repeat fo

I took a Masters in Maths with the Open University for no other reason than fun/fulfillment. A textbook, some problem sheets, nine months and an exam. Repeat four more times and then write a dissertation. About five and a half years from start to finish; when I totted up the hours I'd spent on it, it did come out as somewhere around nine to ten months of full-time study, spread over the five and a half years.