Evaluation and Oral Defence
Evaluation of your thesis
Once the application for admission to the final doctoral examination has been submitted to the Doctoral Office with all required documents, the Doctoral Committee appoints the first and second expert. The first expert is normally the thesis supervisor. The Doctoral Committee passes the required documents on to the appointed experts.
Oral defence
Upon completion of the thesis evaluation, the doctoral procedure is continued with an oral defence. Time and place of the oral defence are determined by the Doctoral Committee, announced at the Faculty meeting (§ 6, paragraph 3, Examination Regulations) and the applicant is notified at least 7 days before the appointed day by the chairperson of the Doctoral Committee.
During the oral defence, the candidate gives a 20 minute presentation on the results of the thesis. This is followed by a scientific discussion which is led by the chairperson of the examination committee (§ 14, paragraph 2, Examination Regulations).