[Hottentot]

Sounds like a smart system to me. Roots out at least some people with motivation problems, I imagine.

Here they'll give you 7 years to graduate. The usual time is 5 years, but you are allowed to study 7. If you haven't graduated after that and don't have extra special good reason why you haven't, they will boot you out. The problem here is that the years you spent in school are mostly wasted that way and in no way productive to the society.

However, our social welfare system watches how much you study per year. If you don't get certain amount of credits, they won't pay you student allowance. If you can manage without it (I for one can), then it's not their headache how much you study.