Preparation & Registration for Doctoral Students under the old Ordinance
Once your doctoral thesis supervisor and you agree that you are ready to defend, please check if you have done all the necessary steps before registering for the doctoral examination:
- You have already attended the mandatory info event: Final Steps.
- You have acquired the necessary 12 ECTS credits and had them confirmed by the D-BSSE Doctoral Administration.
- All external members of your doctoral examination committee are approved by the Department Conference (DK).
- You have agreed with your doctoral examination committee a date, time and if the doctoral examination shall take place in person, hybrid or virtual.
- If your doctoral examination shall take place in person or hybrid, you have booked the room with the help of the Department Administration Services (DAS).
- You have found a chair for your doctoral examination. Every D-BSSE full or associated professor is eligible.
You ticked all the boxes? Then you are ready for registering for your doctoral examination.
The registration for the doctoral examination takes place at least 4 weeks before the examination date and consist of the following steps:
Register with the central Doctoral Administration by sending
- a completed and signed copy of the form Download Registering for the doctoral examination (PDF, 1.5 MB)
- a copy of your thesis title page (PDF) as described in the Template of doctoral thesis title page
Please consult the website of the central Doctoral Administration for more detailed information and the form.
Register with the D-BSSE Doctoral Administration by submitting
- the details for your doctoral examination via the online registration form
- an electronic copy of your doctoral thesis to the members of your examination committee (incl. chairperson) and the D-BSSE Doctoral Administration
- your current CV as a separate PDF file to the D-BSSE Doctoral Administration
The D-BSSE Doctoral Administration takes care of informing the examiner and co-examiners of their duty to write an evaluation report and sends the invitation for the doctoral examination to the department.
Please register for your doctoral examination by filling the online registration form.