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Completion

Here PHDs and Supervisors can see step by step what happens in the final phase of a doctorate.

Completion step by step

  1. Reader and Final seminar Practical information about execution and procedures.
  2. Submission of the dissertation Instructions on how to submit the dissertation submission form and the process afterwards
  3. Adjudication Committee The adjudication committee evaluates the dissertation and submits a conclusion.
  4. Printing the dissertation After approval, the dissertation can be printed.
  5. Disputation and trial lecture Procedures for conducting the defence and trial lecture.

Checklist for candidates and supervisors

The checklist for candidates and supervisors is meant to be used in the final stages of the PhD project. It is there to ensure that you have thought of the various aspects of the project before finishing and handing in the thesis.

It is recommended, but not obligatory, to use the checklist. It should not be sent to the PhD program board.

Download the checklist here (.docx)

Students at a diploma ceremony.

Confer the doctorate and diploma

After you have submitted your doctoral degree, it is time for the diploma ceremony. The diploma ceremony takes place twice a year, in June and January.

The rector of AHO confers the doctoral degree by awarding the candidate the title of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) upon the recommendation of the Research Committee. The candidate then receives a diploma, which is presented at a formal diploma ceremony.