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Degree Committee for the Faculty of Physics & Chemistry

Degree Committee for the Faculty of Physics & Chemistry

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About the DC

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Prospective students

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Current students

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  • Supervision reports
  • Exams CPGS
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  • Complaints and appeals

Change in student status

  • Change in student status overview
  • Changing course, dept or mode
  • Extending submission deadline
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First year review

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  • Submission
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Exams MPhil (taught)

  • Exams MPhil (taught) overview
  • Rules and Regulations
  • After the examination

Exams MPhil by thesis

  • Exams MPhil by thesis overview
  • Rules and Regulations
  • Before you submit
  • Thesis submission
  • The oral (viva)

Results

  • Results overview
  • Corrections
  • Revising a thesis

Exams PhD

  • Exams PhD overview
  • Rules and Regulations
  • Before you submit
  • Thesis submission
  • The oral (viva)

Results

  • Results overview
  • Corrections
  • Submitting a hardbound copy
  • Revising a thesis
  • PhD not awarded

Supervisors

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  • Supervisor appointment
  • Guidance for supervisors
  • Supervision reporting

Roles and responsibilities

  • Roles and responsibilities overview
  • Supervisor role: postgraduate admissions
  • Supervisor role: current students
  • Supervisor role: probationary review
  • Supervisor role: examinations

Examiners

  • Examiners overview
  • First Year Assessment
  • Plagiarism or poor scholarship
  • Appeals procedures

PhD or MPhil by thesis exam

  • PhD or MPhil by thesis exam overview
  • Examiner appointment
  • Pre-viva actions
  • The oral (viva)
  • Post-viva actions
  • Submitting reports
  • Fee and expenses
  • Corrections
  • Examining a revised thesis

MRes or MPhil (taught) exam

  • MRes or MPhil (taught) exam overview
  • Examiner Appointment
  • Senior/Chair of Examiners
  • External Examiner for taught courses
  • Examiners and Assessors
  • Fees and expenses

Higher Degrees

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  • PhD under Special Regulations
  • ScD and LittD
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  • Current students

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    • Exams MPhil by thesis
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    • LWA Research Fund
    • Complaints and appeals
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    • Guidance for supervisors
    • Supervision reporting
  • Examiners

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    • MRes or MPhil (taught) exam
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  • Higher Degrees

    Higher Degrees

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Degree Committee for the Faculty of Physics & Chemistry

Research degree theses should still be submitted by your submission deadline on the relevant Moodle site, even if that falls during the holiday period.

About the Degree Committee

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PhD examinations
PhD examinations

Do you need information about the format of your examination, or how to submit your thesis, or the dates of graduation?

Your student record
Your student record

Do you need an extension? Have you changed your address? Are you planning to work away from Cambridge? Have you been ill and unable to study...?

Support for supervisors
Support for supervisors

Do you need help or advice? Or information about nominating examiners?

Degree Committee for the Faculty of Physics & Chemistry

Contact Information

Degree Committee for Physics & Chemistry School of the Physical Sciences, 17 Mill Lane Cambridge CB2 1RX
degreecommitteePC@admin.cam.ac.uk
01223 746764 / 746766

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