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Evaluation and graduation

What happens during the process?

To understand what happens in the pre-examination process of your doctoral thesis, see Evaluation and graduation for the steps required for getting a permission for defence. The official decisions regarding the process are made by your School’s Doctoral programme committee (DPC).

1. Doctoral students have completed the required credits according to their confirmed credit plan (Sisu).
2. Doctoral students present their finalised manuscript to their supervising professor who confirms that it is ready for pre-examination. See more information and guidance.
3. Doctoral students apply for pre-examination.
   • Supervising professor proposes two pre-examiners, who are willing, available and impartial, to DPC.
4. DPC decides on sending the doctoral thesis for pre-examination and appoints two pre-examiners.
   • Doctoral programme informs all parties of the decision of DPC and sends all the material to the pre-examiners.
   • The doctoral student cannot contact the pre-examiners during the pre-examination phase.
5. The pre-examiners send their statements to the Doctoral programme
6. DPC decides on the permission for public defense based on statements of the pre-examiners. Doctoral students have the right to submit an official written response.*
7. After the permission for defence has been granted, a proposal for the details of the defence, the opponent and the custos can be approved by DPC

Permission for public defence is also the approval for publishing - you cannot send your thesis to print before you have permission for defence. Please also note that you cannot start publishing before the name of the opponent, custos and the date of defence are confirmed by DPC, as they need to be printed on the thesis. Please check that you are aware of what changes, if any, you can make to the manuscript after submitting it to pre-examination.

* You can submit an official written response e.g. if a pre-examiner has gravely misunderstood something in your thesis and there are significant mistakes in the statement that may affect the DPC's decision on granting permission for public defence. Submit your official written response before the decision of DPC.