En route to the Doctorate

Preparations for the public examination

The public examination is arranged no earlier than four weeks after permission to defend the dissertation has been granted so that there is sufficient time to distribute information on the dissertation.

The Faculty Council will appoint the Opponent(s) and the Custos. The doctoral candidate may object to these appointments.

The doctoral candidate, the Custos and the Opponent will decide the date of the public examination, and the doctoral candidate will book a suitable facility from the University (tel. (09) 191 24500). The candidate must then notify the Faculty Office of the date and place of the public examination. Public examinations are usually scheduled to take place on Wednesdays and Fridays at 12 a.m. and on Saturdays at 10 a.m. However, the examinations actually start a quarter past the scheduled hour ("the academic quarter").