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TIL Cambridge University is a degree mill. https://www.cambridgestudents.cam.ac.uk/exams/students/postgraduate-exam-information/higher-degrees/phd-under-specia
by pclmulqdq 1y ago
TIL Cambridge University is a degree mill.
https://www.cambridgestudents.cam.ac.uk/exams/students/postgraduate-exam-information/higher-degrees/phd-under-special-regulations https://www.cambridgestudents.cam.ac.uk/exams/students/postg...
Like I said above, this is not usually offered unless you are clearly doing work of sufficient quality. 3 ArXiV preprints can get you a PhD just fine, but it won't cut it if you wrote them when nobody is watching.
- pcrh 1y agoThat's only available to those with an undergraduate degree from Cambridge who, subsequent to their undergraduate degree, publish work worthy of a Ph.D. and pass a viva. I'm not sure how common a route ot Ph.D. it is (I never heard of it before), but it sounds like an anachronistic extension of the MA's Oxbridge graduates feel entitled to.
- pclmulqdq 1y agoCorrect. It is generally an exceptionally rare path to a PhD, but the door is open. I believe I saw the statement that this particular program has granted ~100 degrees over its life compared to ~15000 PhDs from Cambridge.