It may take about two weeks at the earliest, but I've seen amendments that haven't been answered for more than two months, mainly depending on the professional level and time of the paper review experts. If they are busy, they may delay for a long time, but they will usually send you the paper review opinions before the deadline for your defense. Generally, the time for external review of papers is about one month, which can be long or short, depending on the efficiency of external review experts.

Postgraduate external examination

External examination of graduate students refers to sending papers to experts from other units for examination. Some schools are managed by the degree office in a unified way, while others are guided by tutors. 90% of the experts designated by the tutor submit papers for review. Because the relationship between experts and tutors is generally good, they can all pass, and the external audit takes about one month to one and a half months.

The external review of papers is generally that papers between schools are submitted for review. Generally speaking, it is anonymous, mainly depending on whether the workload and content of the paper meet the requirements of graduation degree. As long as the content is not too exaggerated, the general problem is not big. After any reviewer gets the text of the paper, he usually looks at the overall format first and then examines the topic. Then look at the summary and get a general idea. In addition to the topic, reviewers will also read the preface, methods, results and conclusions.