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Completion of PhD

To complete your PhD, the thesis must be submitted, evaluated and defended through a trial lecture and public defence. Completion of the doctoral degree may be marked with a doctoral dinner and conferment ceremony.

  • Submission
    • When you have completed the educational component and written your doctoral thesis, it must be submitted.
  • Evaluation
    • The thesis is evaluated by an evaluation committee.
  • Printing
    • When the thesis has been approved for defence, it must be printed before the doctoral examination.
  • Trial lecture and public defence
    • The trial lecture and defence together constitute the doctoral examination and may be marked with a doctoral defence dinner.
  • Doctoral conferment and doctoral diploma
    • When you have completed your defence, you will be invited to the University’s conferment ceremony and receive your doctoral diploma and transcript.

Completion grant

If you are a PhD fellow employed at the Faculty of Humanities and submit your thesis within the nominal timeframe, you may apply for a completion grant. The grant offers an extension of your employment after submission of the doctoral thesis.

For the evaluation committee and chair of defence

Information about the evaluation, trial lecture and defence for the evaluation committee and chair of the defence, as well as a description of the administrator’s tasks.

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