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Doctoral procedures from registration to the awarded degree — each stage only once the previous one has been reached and the required documents are in the file.

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Why#

A doctoral procedure has many stages and participants. The committee sees, per procedure, what a stage is still missing; doctoral candidates see their status and the next step.

How it works#

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1Doctoral candidates: in the campus open “Studies” → “My doctorate” — the steps of the procedure, what is due “next” and the history (Fig. 1).
Fig. 1 “Steps of the procedure” from the doctoral candidate's point of view: done, next, still open.
Fig. 1 “Steps of the procedure” from the doctoral candidate's point of view: done, next, still open.
2Doctoral committee: open “Doctorate”; for each procedure “Record document” (a milestone is done) and “Next stage” (Fig. 2).
Fig. 2 A procedure from the doctoral committee's point of view: open milestones, “Record document”, “Next stage” and the history.
Fig. 2 A procedure from the doctoral committee's point of view: open milestones, “Record document”, “Next stage” and the history.
3If a stage is not yet possible, it says below what it is missing; the button remains locked.

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The stages and what they require#

Registered — the committee checks admission requirements and supervision.
Accepted for the doctorate — next, the supervision agreement and exposé belong in the file.
In progress — requires the supervision agreement and exposé; progress via milestones (e.g. interim report).
Dissertation submitted — requires the submission.
Reviewed — requires the first and second review.
Defence passed — requires the defence.
Completed — requires publication; only then is the degree awarded.
Cancelled — reachable from every running stage.

The publication obligation is the reason why the degree is not already awarded with the defence.

Tips#

There is deliberately no shortcut — not for the administration either, and not “just for testing”. A procedure that can be skipped proves nothing.
Cancelling is possible from every running stage: withdrawal must always be possible.
Without a recorded procedure, the doctoral candidate's page explains how it starts: with acceptance by the doctoral committee.

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