Time plan for Licentiate exam at School of Engineering Sciences
| Time | To-do before seminar | To be done by |
|---|---|---|
| > 10 weeks | Ensure that the thesis is internally pre-reviewed and that the reviewer (1) signs the form Summering av kvalitetsgranskning. | Candidate Supervisor |
| 10 weeks | The thesis should now be almost completed. Contact external lic-reviewer (2). Book the lecture hall. Send the thesis (as much of it as possible) to the opponent and examination committee so that they can start reading. | Candidate Supervisor |
| 6 weeks | Send the following forms to the PA for Ph.D.-program: - Form Anmälan– Licentiatseminarium (FO-ANLI). - Form Individuell studieplan (FO-INDS). Final version. - Form Summering av kvalitetsgranskning (FO-SUKV). - Preliminary version of thesis. - Study plan and quality assurance forms are controlled and signed by head of the Ph.D.-program (PA). - PA forwards all enclosures to SCI Offices. |
Supervisor Candidate Head of Department PA |
| > 5 weeks | All forms submitted to the SCI Offices. | PA |
| 4 weeks | External lic-reviewer assigned. Department and external lic-reviewer notified. The thesis is now being printed. | Dir. Post-grad studies |
| 3 weeks | - The thesis shall now be distributed according the list specified in form Distributionslista för Licentiatavhandlingar. The list is then sent to the SCI Offices. - Departments and the KTH-calendar are informed about the defence. |
Department SCI Offices |
| 0 weeks | Oral defence |
(1) Thesis pre-review
Contact a (pre-) reviewer that can read a draft version of the thesis. The reviewer shall be a person who is subject-wise competent and can come from the same department/research unit as the supervisor and Ph.D.-student, but cannot be any of the supervisors. The reviewer shall be able to judge whether the thesis satisfies normal quality and quantity requirements for Ph.D. theses with the specific subject. The reviewer should sign the form Summering av kvalitetsgranskning.
(2) Lic-reviewer
Contact the person suggested to be external lic-reviewer. If you are unsure about anything in this process, contact the Director for Ph.D.-studies before you contact anyone to ensure that your suggestions comply with the rules and regulations. In short, the rules are;
The person must have a Ph.D. and being competent in the specific subject. This is normally a professor, lecturer or similar from another university in Sweden or abroad. Try to avoid using a lic-reviewer that works at KTH.
Do observe specifically rules regarding objectivity and impartiality.
| To be done after seminar | To be done by |
|---|---|
| Form Protokoll (KTHFIL) sent to SCI Offices | Supervisor |
| Courses registered in Ladok (rutin FP21). | Department |
| Passed thesis registered in Ladok. | SCI Offices |
| Form Ansökan om licentiatexamen (KTHFAL) sent to SCI Offices. | Candidate |
| If a different formal title is requested, e.g. Phil.Dr. rather than Tekn.Dr., one must apply for this using the a special form (FO-FORL). | |
| After decision of exam, SCI Offices forwards application for to CA-UFA who then issues the exam. | SCI Offices |
Created by FA-SCI
Updated 2011-03-08
