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Time plan defence of doctoral thesis

The public defence of doctoral thesis (disputation) must take place between 7 January and 15 June or between 15 August and 20 December.

Printing of thesis

Thesis template

In the President's decision regarding the update of the layout for doctoral and licentiate theses (V-2020-0075), approved templates have been produced for the cover, title page and the following page containing bibliographic information, as well as a joint template for theses where KTH is one of several issuers. The cover, title page and the following page are formatted by US-AB in connection with printing.

According to the established schedule, the application must be submitted to the school’s doctoral education administration seven (7) weeks before the planned date. These seven weeks must fall within the periods 7 January–15 June or 15 August–20 December. Don’t forget to book a room and arrange for printing. 

The forms that you need can be downloaded from the Blankettarkivet (Form archive)  at KTH. For more detailed information please contact the school's doctoral studies administration.

Time plan

Time

Actions

Handled by
At the latest 9 weeks before the defence

Main supervisor proposes an advance reviewer (the advance reviewer must have at least 10 days to do the review).

  • Form: Advance reviewer for licentiate thesis/doctoral thesis
 Main supervisor

At the latest 7 weeks before

Submit the following to the school's Doctoral studies administration doctoral-studies-abe@kth.se :

  • Form: Application - thesis defence "Anmälan - Disputation",
  • Form: Quality Review "Summering av kvalitetsgranskning"

Doctoral student in cooperation with the main supervisor
At the latest 3 weeks before

The doctoral thesis must be made available in electronic form through Diva (posted).

See the following page for more information Posting a doctoral thesis

Doctoral student

At the latest 3 weeks before

Decision of the defence of the doctoral thesis is distributed.

Director of third cycle education and the school's Doctoral studies administration

At the latest 3 weeks before

The thesis has to be distributed

Doctoral student

1 week before

The minutes (Protokoll) for the disputation is sent to the main supervisor.

 The school's Doctoral studies administration

After the defence

The minutes (Protokoll) are sent to the school's Doctoral studies administration

Main supervisor
 

All courses are to be completed and registered in Ladok.

 The school's Doctoral studies administration
 

Thesis is registered in Ladok.

 The school's Doctoral studies administration
 

The application for a Degree Certificate should be made online through Personal menu/Services

Doctoral student
 

The application is reviewed first by the school's Doctoral studies administration and then by a Degree officer at KTH, central administration.

All KTH Degree Certificates are issued as electronic documents.

The school's Doctoral studies administration

Degree officer KTH