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 with the doctoral program in order to receive the enrolment form which is completed and duly signed by
Please note that a co-direction must be applied for separately |
| Within 1 month | The doctoral candidate receives by email a confirmation of his/her enrolment directly from the SAC (EPFL students’ 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 arrive at the EDEE office 8 weeks before the candidacy exam. A minimum of 4 credits must have been acquired. To download the candidacy jury proposal form, please log in on IS-Academia. Go to the new « 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)
+ 15 months max (2nd attempt) |
Definitive admission: There is no possibility to extend these deadlines |
| Each year March/April | Annual Report: online system |
| + 4 years max.
(3 years max. from admission date) |
Oral thesis defense (closed committee).
A minimum of 2 years after the enrolment is required for the presentation of a thesis work. If a doctoral student cannot end his/her thesis work within 4 years after his/her enrolment, the thesis director make a request for extension. |
| – 8 weeks min. before oral exam | The thesis oral exam jury proposal must arrive at the SAC with confirmation of 8 other credits acquired 7 weeks before the oral examination along with the statement of results printed from ISA-Academia and signed by the thesis director. Both of these documents are handed in at the EDEE office 8 weeks before the oral examination. To download this jury proposition form please login on IS-Academia. |
| + 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 at the SAC if the oral exam is passed and thesis accepted “sans reserve”. |