if the standards are not too high yes, thus this thread.

Thanks for the rest of the information. But concerning the statement above, I never said, implied or even thought what you wrote above. What I said was that if you want to do it RIGHT then it takes a lot of time. If you do not care about doing it right then it must be easier/shorter.

Also there might be a misunderstanding about the credibility. I do not care about the credibility of the university. I care about legally carrying the title. This means for me either a state-approved university in Europe (preferred), or any state-approved university worldwide. This can be both public or private universities, as long as they are officially recognized by the state they are in.

Also, the thought of the topic in biology above was just that, a thought. I am also happy do do something in another area, be it economics, management or anything else.

I will definitely give the bioinformatics a thought.

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I understand all your rightfully critical comments, however I do not agree completely.

I agree that my reasons to think about a phd are the wrong ones. I agree that usually a PHD takes longer, I have enough friends that did a phd (Everything from one to five years, from economics to physics and chemistry).

I do however still believe that there is a path of least resistance that could lead to a (legally recognized) phd in a shorter period of time. I know of (real) phd thesises that were written in under a year, unfortunately all of them had connections to the university that I lack.

So yes, doing a phd in a topic that you are really interested in, putting alot of effort in it, doing the phd for the right reasons, it might take (very) long. Doing the phd only for the title, taking the path of least resistance, I still believe that it is possible in a shorter duration.

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To be completely open, I am getting a PHD for the title. Unfortunately I am living somewhere where titles are _VERY_ important, so it would help if I get one. I know the wrongest reason out there. So if I am doing it for the wrong reason anyway I thought about going for the topic that is the most interesting to me. However if there is another easy one out there I am happy about other areas as well.

Furthermore to be completely honest, and I might be very naive here, I do not really see why writing a thesis has to take that long. I wrote my last master thesis, which had around 90 pages (excluding appendix and so on) in less than two month. Ok, the phd thesis takes much longer, is of a higher standard and so on. But 18 times longer per page than a master thesis? (If you do it in 3 years). Of course I understand that you can loose yourself in a phd thesis, but if you have a narrow defined research objective, you do not stray much from the path, and research a field that is relatively new, where there is not a lot of literature around?

Before someone suggests a diploma mill: I need one that is recognized in the EU.

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Daniel

I am sorry if you feel insulted, I in no way meant that the field of biology is easier than other fields.
To clarify, what I meant was that in any field there are programs/supervisors/university that have a lower standard / that is easier or has looser standards, which could help with the no prior knowledge problem of mine. And I am looking for the easier ones in biology.

Why I do not really want to do a phd in business? Because having studied both I find the natural sciences more interesting. If however you can point me to an easy/fast phd in business, that would of course be very interesting too as an alternative.

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Daniel

Hello,

I have two masters degrees (business related) and a bachelors degree in computer engineering.

I want to earn a PHD whily working, and in as little time as possible without using a diploma mill.
Prefearably the PHD would be from a (eastern?)-european university.

One topic that I am very interested in is the impact on life expectancy in mice after they digest a certain compound. There is one study on this topic, which is not very extensive, and according to the author of this study a study like the one I am interested in is more than suitable for a PHD thesis. But ubnfortunately not for someone without a Biology/Biotech/comparable masters degree. Do you know of a university where that would be possible?

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Daniel