DECISIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE

Approved for public defence when the thesis...

• is considered as an independent and comprehensive scientific work of international standard, where the doctoral candidate satisfies the minimum requirements for research competence (ref. Level requirements).
• may have weaknesses, but these weaknesses are of such a nature that they can be defended in an oral defence, without being corrected in the evaluated thesis.

Rejection when the thesis...

• is not considered worthy of a public defence
• needs fundamental changes to theory, hypotheses, empirical material, methods and/or analysis before it can be recommended for public defence

Revisions required when the thesis...

• is considered to have substantial flaws that render it not suitable for public defence in its present form.
•  may reach a satisfactory standard if the candidate revises the thesis in accordance with the committee’s specific proposals for amendments.
• is likely to reach a satisfactory level within a three-month period.

Note that it is important to distinguish the scheme with revisions required from the minor revision scheme that applies to journals, so-called revise and resubmit. The threshold for which theses are approved for public defence should not be changed. The scheme is thus intended to concern a small group of theses that would have been rejected with the old system.

Part IV. Completion, Section 13. Resubmission for a new assessment Links to an external site. 

Part IV. Completion, Section 11-4. Minor reworking and rejection of the submitted thesis Links to an external site.