There is no formal coursework, but you will be asked at the end of your first year to submit written work sufficient in quality and range to demonstrate your ability to complete a successful thesis. Above all your time will be given over to research on your own specialist topic, for which you will hold regular discussions with your supervisor. When you have submitted your thesis, it will be examined jointly by two experts in the relevant area, one of them from Cambridge, one from another university, and discussed at a viva with the two examiners. Your Ph.D. thesis, when successfully completed, will represent an important and original contribution to knowledge.
Many theses go on to become the basis for significant publications.
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