Time plan for Ph.D. defence
Weeks to be counted is between January 7th - June 15th and August 15th - December 20th
The schedule for the licentiate seminar can be found at the bottom of this page.
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Time plan for Ph.D. defence
13 weeks beforeProposal for Pre-Examine |
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Doctoral student Supervisor PA |
12 weeks before Pre-Examiner is appointed.Opponent, Chair, and Grading Committee members are contacted |
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The advance reviewer is appointed by the Director of Third Cycle Education (FA). The supervisor contacts potential individuals who can serve as the opponent, chair of the defense, members of the grading committee, and a reserve for the grading committee. The chair of the defense should be an experienced individual and should not be one of the supervisors. Ensure your proposals comply with the following rules:
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Main Supervisor Doctoral student |
9 weeks beforeForms are sent to the Program Administrator |
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NOTE: Final printing must not be done until the decision on the defense has been made and the dissertation has been approved by the FA. |
Main Supervisor Doctoral student PA |
8 weeks beforeNotification of Defense - Forms must be received by the SCI Office. |
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The forms Application thesis defence (FO-ANDI), Summary of advance review (FO-SUKV), Distribution List (FO-DIDO), and the preliminary dissertation are sent to the School's Office of Student Affairs, fou@sci.kth.se, for processing. They are then uploaded to the FA for review and approval. |
PA |
5 weeks beforeDecision on Defense |
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The opponent and grading committee are appointed. The decision on the defense is written and distributed by the School's Office of Student Affairs. |
FA Doctoral studies officer |
4-3 weeks beforePublication and Printing |
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Doctoral student |
0 weeks |
Oral defence |
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Actions After the Defense |
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Defence protocol sent to SCI Offices | Main Supervisor |
Defence protocol registered in LADOK. | Doctoral studies officer |
Application for degree is to be done digitally via Ladok | Doctoral student |
Time plan for Licentiate seminar
Time | To-do before seminar | To be done by |
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> 10 weeks |
Form , hand in to PA for signing, PA will send to Kansli SCI |
Candidate Supervisor PA |
10 weeks | The advance reviewer is appointed by the director of graduate studies (FA). Contact external lic-reviewer. Book the lecture hall. |
Candidate Supervisor |
6 weeks |
Send the following forms to the PA for Ph.D.-program: - Form Anmälan – Licentiatseminarium (FO-ANLI). - The eISP must be updated in the system. - Form Summering av kvalitetsgranskning (FO-SUKV). - Via e-mail: Preliminary version of thesis. - Study plan and quality assurance forms are controlled and signed by head of the Ph.D.-program (PA). - PA forwards all enclosures to SCI Offices. |
Supervisor Candidate Head of Department PA |
> 5 weeks | All forms submitted to the SCI Offices. | PA |
4 weeks |
External lic-reviewer and examiner assigned. Department and external lic-reviewer notified. The thesis is now being printed. Posting step by stepAn electronic version of the thesis is, according to the President’s decision, published in the KTH publication database DiVA at the time of exhibition. |
Dir. Post-grad studies Candidate |
3 weeks |
The thesis shall now be distributed according the list specified in form Distributionslista för Licentiatavhandlingar . It's delegated to the PA of the doctoral program to sign the distribution list. The list is then sent to the SCI Offices. - Departments and the KTH-calendar are informed about the defence.Decision is written from Doctoral studies officer. |
Candidate Department SCI Offices |
0 weeks | Oral defence |