Doctoral thesis

The doctoral thesis supervisor and every co-examiner prepare a written report on the doctoral thesis, in English or German, and send the report with all relevant contact details and signature as an electronic PDF to the D-MAVT Doctoral Administration at least three weeks prior to the doctoral examination.

If the required reports have not been received one week prior to the exam, the exam is cancelled.

Each written report must contain at least the following elements:

1. a short summary of the thesis;
2. an assessment of the value of the scientific work and the thesis quality (no grade is required);
   
3. a recommendation regarding the acceptance of the thesis. (accepted with or without a revision)

Based on the received reports, the examination committee decides about the thesis’ acceptance. If none of the reports advocates against acceptance, the doctoral exam and presentation will be scheduled and announced.

If a significant revision of the thesis is requested (beyond minor corrections such as fixing typos), the examination committee provides the reasons for the required revision in writing, and the doctoral examination must be postponed. If members of the examination committee disagree with the decision, the chairperson tries to mediate a unanimous consensus. If no consensus can be found, a vote is required, with the chairperson casting the deciding vote. The result of the vote must be included in the report.

Please follow the formal guidelines of ETH Zurich when compiling the Doctoral thesis.