2. (T7) Read the statements below. Listen and complete the sentences.
Answers: 1) To complete a Ph.D. program usually takes three years full time. 2) The candidate can be required to take different additional exams on several subjects.
3) A Ph.D. advisor determines some special rules of defense. 4) The central feature of Ph.D. programme is defense of the dissertation work. 5) A researcher defends his/her dissertation findings before a group of scientists in his sphere.