Hi DanB:

Thank you for the reply. I guess you're right there too. My PhD topic is not bad at all, and in fact I have couple of publications too. Also, I am a full time Lecturer in the same department as well. So, at home I do not have much of the problem. I was only worried about the value of my PhD degree as it would be seen abroad, as I may want to teach abroad at some stage too. But I guess you're right; ultimately it is the quality of the PhD work that should matter, I hope ! :) Thanks again.

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Hi all:
I've been enrolled in a PhD program in Philosophy at a Pakistani University. I started with MPhil in late 2007 and then converted it to PhD, which I now regret, because I dont have a good supervisor, and I dont have many options over here either. My PhD is taking longer than it should have taken, as the whole program seems to have been mismanaged. I have one option: to revert back to MPhil, but I wonder if it would be a wise thing to do after spending two years in PhD. The problem that eats me up right now is, whether my PhD will have any worth internationally if my supervisor is not good enough and the fact that my University, although a good public sector University, is by no means meeting the international standards. I was considering to leave my PhD here, and try to find some international scholarship/funding in a more reputable university. But the fact that I have spent more than 2 years already in my PhD at current university. My Big Question is: How worse does it affect me if my PhD is not from a well reputed university? Any comments please? thank you in advance.