PhD Final Exam

The purpose of the departmental exam is to obtain department approval of the thesis for submission of the external examiner of the Final Oral Defense.

There is no official meeting for the internal defense prior to the university examination. Instead, 2 committee members (not the supervisor) must read the full thesis and provide edited versions to the student and the supervisor, and sign for approval to send thesis to the external examiner. The 3rd committee member will read the thesis for the university exam.

When the student is ready for his/her thesis to be read by committee members, he/she must complete the “PhD Thesis Departmental Approval Form” and send to their chairperson.

“If the two committee members approve the thesis to the External Examiner and university examination, the chairperson will obtain their signatures on the form and provide comments. The chairperson will send the signed and completed form to SBME Student Services.

SBME Student Services will prepare the “Graduate Program Approval Form” for the student’s Research Supervisor and Graduate Advisor to sign and send to G+PS.

The School of Biomedical Engineering follows the Faculty of Graduate Studies guidelines for the Final Oral Defense.
Please review these guidelines.

Each candidate must follow the instructions available on the Faculty of Graduate Studies sites:
Final Dissertation Thesis Submission
Graduation Program Completion
Current Students – Graduation