Hello everybody. My question is what happens to a phd work if one cannot submit even though the work is good quality but just not finished because it still needs a month's work and the university is refusing to give this time....What would happen to this work if I cannot submit? I am desperate to know this....Any advice?

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Speak to your supervisor - he/she should be able to advocate on your behalf, and you should be able to arrange an extension to your submission date unless you are up against max. number of years your university will allow for submission. Assuming you cannot extend, work on you thesis 24/7, and submit it glossing over gaps etc.

If your thesis is good quality (as you say) and your supervisor thinks it will pass, let it be submitted - otherwise we'd continue improving our theses ad infinitum.

You must have a pretty good idea of which areas may lead to a referral/resubmission at the viva, in which case, once you've submitted, work on these weak areas and then you'll be able to resubmit almost immediately.