Rules & Guidelines
Rules & Guidelines
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| Rules PhD 2022 (1082 Ko) |
| Directives PhD 2022 (582 Ko) |
| Thesis experts reimbursement procedure (981 Ko) |
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Forms and Rules
Milestones - useful documents and forms
1. By the end of the first semester
| Thesis committee composition for approval by the Doctoral School. | |
| Non-disclosure agreements |
In case you require non-disclosure agreements (NDA) to be signed by thesis committee or jury members, please ensure this is done as early as possible. NDA templates are available on the PACCT website: https://www.pactt.ch/non-disclosure-agreement/ The Doctoral school has no objection to thesis directors/PhD students asking members of a thesis committee or jury to sign such agreements. However, all data and sections of a thesis should be made available to committee/jury members, so that they can assess it properly and ensure its quality matches the standard of a thesis. |
2. During your PhD
| If your thesis director is a "Professeur assistant", or 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 |
3. Information for committee and jury members
| Presidents' recommendations | General information about the role of the president in a thesis committee/jury and his/her tasks |
| Experts' recommendations | General information about the role of (external) experts in a thesis committee/jury and his/her tasks |
| Experts reimbursement info | Check-list for the reimbursement of the external experts for your private exam |
| External Experts' reimbursement FAQ | 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. | |
| Thesis cover page for "PhD in the Humanities and Social Sciences of Medicine and Health" | 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. |
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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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.
