Here you will find support and processes within postgraduate education at the ITM school. If you are a supervisor, programme director or administrator you are at the right place.
When applying for admission, the following documents (paper) are submitted to the Third Cycle Education Office after they have been approved by respective Director of Doctoral Program.
Application for admission to licentiate / doctor (form)
Copy of funding documentation
Copy of diploma with course documentation
Please note that no documentation should be sent by e-mail. Once the doctoral student has been accepted, confirmation will be received by e-mail.
Once the doctoral student is accepted, the principle supervisor (HHL) creates an e-ISP (electronic individual study plan).
At KTH, dissertations and licentiate seminars can take place during the periods January 7 – June 15 and August 15 – December 20. All the times listed below must occur within those periods.
Time
Action
Performed by
> 10 weeks
Advance reviewer are appointed (form). Submitted to the postgraduate education office (in original).
Principle supervisor (HHL) suggests and DA decides by delegation from FA.
10–8 weeks
The advance reviewer receives a complete licentiate essay / doctoral thesis which has been carefully checked by the supervisors.
Varies depending on doctoral program, HHL or DA leaves the dissertation to the examiner.
8–7 weeks
Review completed. The form ”Summary of quality review” is completed by HHL and signed by HHL and the examiner / DA.
Supervisor/HHL/DA
6–5 weeks
Application of licentiate seminar / doctoral thesis defence. Summary of advance review, distribution list and CV of members of the grade committee who are not docents or professors are submitted to the Third Cycle Education Office (in original). Please do not send anything by e-mail.
HHL
4–3 weeks
After a decision on the examination has been received by e-mail, the essay / thesis is printed (in a minimum of 30 copies).
The doctoral education at the ITM school is led by the Directors of Third-Cycle Education (FA) in consultation with the Third-Cycle Education Committee (FU). FU consists of all Program Director's of third-cycle Education, administrators and doctoral student representatives.
In addition, many people are involved in the doctoral education. Supervisors are responsible for guiding the students through their studies and the Postgraduate Education Office helps with practical questions.
