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Milestones - useful documents and forms
1. From the beginning of your thesis until you are ready to present
| Highlight of the milestones to complete. |
2. By the end of the first semester
| Thesis committee composition for approval by the Doctoral School. |
3. During your PhD
| If your thesis director is a "Professeur assistant", a "Maître-Assistant", a "Professeur ordinaire/associé" from another Faculty, a co-director has to be nominated among the "Professeurs ordinaires/associés" of the FBM. | |
| Form to be filled in if someone is chosen as co-director (criteria: has to hold a PhD, be active in research and be affiliated to a Swiss or foreign University). | |
| Change of your thesis director | Form to be filled in if you decide to change your thesis director |
| Some guidance on how to format your 1st year report and your mid-thesis report. | |
| Check-list for the reimbursement of the external experts for your mid-thesis exam. | |
| Most frequent questions about the external experts' reimbursement |
4. When you prepare the final version of your thesis
| Thesis title page matching the criteria of the UNIL rectorate. |
5. When you are ready to present your thesis at the final exams
| The check-list with all documents to be provided 5 weeks before the planned date of the exam. |
6. During your final exams
| The template members of the thesis jury (except for the president) can use to provide a report on the thesis. | |
| Check-list for the reimbursement of the external experts for your private exam. | |
| Most frequent questions about the external experts' reimbursement |
7. After you have successfully passed your final exams
| List of the last steps to complete before being officially graduated. | |
| Form to fill in to deposit your thesis at the University Library. You will find the English version of the document here | |
| Once you have passed your final exams and got the imprimatur and BEFORE you have deposited your final copies at the BCU |
8. Guidelines for hybrid mid-thesis and private exams
| Guidelines to follow when organising an exam with videoconferencing in a "hybrid mode" | |
| User guide hybrid exam | User guide to set-up a hybrid exam with zoom and a micro/speaker device |
How to order your Degree?
| You passed your thesis defense and got the imprimatur? Before you deposit your thesis at the BCU, do not forget to order your Doctoral Degree via “MyUNIL”. |
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| Click here |
Study program (ECTS)
To validate all the courses/workshops/presentations/conferences to which you took part:
Forward to your program coordinator the participation forms, signed by your thesis director and yourself, and attach the requested documents (e.g. certificate of participation, program…). This should be done for ALL the courses, including those organised by the Doctoral School (but in this case, you do not need to attach the program).
- For all the courses, use this form.
- For all the conferences/meeting and workshops, use this form.
- For all seminars, use this form.
- For an oral presentation of the thesis results ouside the departement, use this form.
- For the DDay, use this form.
- For the CVM Mini-Symposium, use this form.
- For a tutorial equivalence (with the prior agreement of the Doctoral School), use this form.
For the tutorials organized by the Doctoral School FBM, you do NOT need to use a participation form. These are considered evaluations, which are transmitted directly to the Doctoral School.
Check-List 2
| To send at the latest 4 weeks before the deposit of the thesis manuscript to the Secretary's Office |
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| CheckList2_Program_PhD_ECTS.pdf (111 Ko) |
