Research
PIEAS PhD thesis rules require the thesis to make a distinct contribution to knowledge and provide evidence of originality, and they exclude work already used for another person's degree.
Normalized value: PhD thesis originality requirement.
Original evidence
Evidence 1Thesis for the PhD degree must form a distinct contribution to knowledge and afford evidence of originality either by the discovery/revelation of new facts. It must also not include the work for which a degree has already been conferred upon the candidate or someone else.