Ph.D. candidate vs Ph.D I have already submitted my Ph.D. thesis to my committee and plan to defend my thesis. I want to prepare an updated CV. 

In my situation, what should I write in the CV:


  Ph.D. candidate


or just 


  Ph.D
Typically, one writes Ph.D., 2018 (expected).

If you have a short description (e.g., bullet points) after this heading, you can also put the expected graduation/defense month or something to the effect of "thesis submitted 25 May 2018" in this area.