Graduation
Submission of the dissertation and enrolment for the overall examination before the examination commission
General graduation information
Prerequisites according to the degree course scheme:
- The student must have passed all courses (positive assessment)
- The dissertation must be finished
- Publication with student as first author must have been accepted or published
To Do's:
For the supervisor:
The supervisor sends an informal e-mail to the assistant of the dean for doctoral programmes, with the following information:
- Name of the PhD student
- Enrolment number of the PhD student
- Title of the dissertation
- Doctoral programme (MolMed/Brain/DK)
- Requested date and time (incl. room reservation) for the examination
(at the earliest 8 weeks after the submission of the forms to the department for study and exam, and subject to the arrival of the assessments) - Proposal of 2 assessors for the dissertation
- Proposal of 3 examiners for the overall examination (one is the supervisor) before the examination commission (one examiner must be a non-member of the Thesis Committee)
- Proposal of one chair for the overall examination (can be one of the examiners)
- Enclosures with the e-mail:
- Pdf of the dissertation
- Pdf of the paper or the letter of acceptance
For the student:
The student uploads her/his theses to MedOnline (click here). After being informed by email she/he picks up two forms (“assessment of the dissertation” and “enrolment for the doctoral viva”) in the office for doctoral studies. Then she/he obtains the signatures and stamps of the proposed members of the examination board, the dean of doctoral studies, the study rector and the supervisor and hands in the two forms and one hardcopy of the dissertation in the department for study and exam.
The department for study and exam first confirms the presumable date to the student by email and, in a second step, officially announces the examination.
Doctoral Title and Graduation
After successfully defending the doctoral thesis and completing the comprehensive oral examination (Viva Voce), the Studies Rector officially awards the graduate of the Phd Program the academic title of "Doctor of Philosophy", abbreviated as "PhD". For the graduation ceremony in solemn form click here.
Kontakt
Mag. Claudia Siener
Office for doctoral studies
Auenbruggerplatz 2.6
A-8036 Graz
Tel +43/316/385-71630