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Degree Committee for the Faculty of Physics & Chemistry

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  • Before you submit
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  • Revising a thesis

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  • Pre-viva actions
  • The oral (viva)
  • Post-viva actions
  • Submitting reports
  • Fee and expenses
  • Corrections
  • Examining a revised thesis

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  2. Examining In The Faculty of Physics & Chemistry
  3. Examination of a Thesis For The PhD, MSc or MPhil (by Thesis)

Examiners

  • Examiners overview
  • First Year Assessment
  • PhD or MPhil by thesis exam
    • 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
  • Plagiarism or poor scholarship
  • Appeals procedures

Examination of a thesis for the PhD, MSc or MPhil (by thesis)

  • Appointment of examiners and the examiners' pack
  • Setting up the oral and independent reporting
  • The oral (viva)
  • The outcome
  • Reporting your decision to the Degree Committee
  • Claiming fees and expenses
  • Dealing with corrections
  • Examining a revised thesis

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

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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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