EDEE Doctoral Candidates

All the forms need to be signed by the doctoral program director through the EDEE office.

Credit requirement : 12

+ 1 week max.

Enrolment of the doctoral candidate:

Contact the doctoral program in order to receive the enrolment documents which are completed and signed by:

  • the candidate
  • the thesis director and co-director (if applicable)
  • the doctoral program director

Within 1 month

The doctoral candidate receives by email a confirmation of his/her enrolment directly from the Registrar’s Office.
He/she is asked to submit original copies of his/her university transcripts and degrees (Bachelor + Master)

+ 10 months max

The Candidacy Exam Jury Proposal must be submitted to the EDEE Office maximum 10 months after enrolment. A minimum of 4 credits must have been acquired at the end of the first year.

To download the Candidacy Exam Jury Proposal, please login onto IS-Academia. Select « Thesis » tab and insert the required information. Organise the candidacy exam.

The cover page of the Research Plan is also available from IS-Academia.

No less than 10 business days prior to the date of the candidacy exam

The candidate submits the final version of his/her research plan directly to the candidacy exam jury members and to the EDEE Office.

+ 12 months max (1st attempt)

  1. 4 credits acquired (see EDEE regulation)
  2. Research plan approved
  3. Candidacy exam passed
  4. Special conditions required (if applicable) are fulfilled

+ 15 months max (2nd attempt)

Definitive admission:

There is no possibility of extending these deadlines.

Each year between 1st March and 1st June

Annual Report: 

A communication will be sent by the EDEE Office at the end of February each year.

+ 4 years max.

Oral thesis defense (closed committee).

(3 years max. from admission date)

A minimum of 2 years after the enrolment is required for the presentation of a thesis work.

If a doctoral candidate cannot end his/her thesis work within 4 years after his/her enrolment, an Extension Request Form can be submitted.

– 8 weeks min. before oral exam

The Thesis Jury Proposal must be submitted to the EDEE Office at least 8 weeks before the oral examination with the supplemental form. 

To download the Thesis Jury Proposal, please log in onto IS-Academia.
Select “Thesis” tab and check the information displayed. Organise the oral exam.

+ 4 weeks min. (max. 6 months) after the oral exam

Public presentation if the oral exam is passed with success.

+ 1 month max. after the oral exam

Thesis in final form is handed in to the Registrar’s Office if the thesis oral exam is passed and the thesis is unconditionnally accepted.