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Doctorate Programme in Geography

Deposit and defence process of the doctoral thesis

5. Institutional validation

8. Submission of the Thesis

The student sends the thesis to each of the tribunal members. At least 15 days before the defence.

1. Start of the deposit

2. Initial validation

4. External evaluators' report results

Validation by the School of Doctorate

1) Student2) Director 3) Supervisor

The student initiates the online deposit in which they attach:

  • Thesis copy in PDF
  • Panel data
  • Turnitin report (with sworn statement)

No modifications

6. Deposit dissemination

The programme coordination validates the deposit and incorporates the reports into the intranet.

The doctoral thesis must be in dissemination period during 5 working days from institutional validation

9. Defence date proposal

With modifications

The student completes the form to inform about the date and place of the defence. The programme coordination reviews, validates and authorises the scheduling

The coordination assesses the proposals and returns the deposit to the student for modification. The student makes the modifications (1 month available) and returns to step 2 (initial validation).

3. External Evaluation

The director and supervisor verify the training activities.

7. Appointment of the tribunal

The programme coordination sends the thesis to external evaluators.

The School of Doctorate appoints the tribunal and informs the members of their appointment.

Form

10. Official scheduling of the defence

Doctoral thesis defence

The School of Doctorate publishes the defence on the website. The tribunal chairperson calls the members. Minimum 10 working days after the proposal.

Links of interest:

Online thesis deposit application

Deposit calendar

Deposit calendar

Similarity detection (Turnitin)

Log in to start your online deposit