Even at 91 you can still get a Ph.D. What's your excuse?

A French Ph.D. graduate, Colette Bourlier, has become one of the oldest people in France to gain a Ph.D.

Colette who is 91 years old, was awarded with the mark of high distinction for her thesis “Immigrant workers in Besancon in the second half of the 20th century.”

She became interested in a PhD after she retired in 1983. Her experience as a teacher in literacy programmes for immigrants in the eastern French city, has led her to begin her research three decades ago in University of Franche-Comte in Besancon, eastern France.

“It took a bit of time to write because I took breaks,” Bourlier said, explaining the decades it took her to complete her work. Her professor praised her work stating that it was in such detail and had solid statistical analysis.