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Graduating can be a time-consuming process, especially regarding your dealings with the bureaucracy. This guide aims to help a bit by outlining the steps you may expect.
Note: The following was heavily edited by RafiK from the Physics dept., but it should apply to ICS as well…
max 3 months, min 6 weeks + 1 day before [DateOfdefense]
(this is the only actual hard deadline, the online form simply won't let you book your date any more if you are too late)
for the registration you will need:
You will get an email back with a form to fill in and hand in to the Dekanat. More about that in point 4.
You should also book a room! Maybe even earlier..
After you have done 3b, you will get an email within a few days (usually the next day), with your application form. You have to return this form within a few days, max 1 week after you subscribed online with the following documents:
RafiK made LO templates for those, check the repro:
4 weeks before [DateOfDefense] the latest (maybe 3 are ok as well?)
After the defense:
You should get a (regular) mail with a confirmation of you completing the PhD, but you are NOT allowed to use the title yet! You should also get a red card, that you need to hand in your thesis at the Central Library
max one year after defense ???
You need to remain registered as a student (and pay tuition) at the UZH until you have received your final diploma in the mail.
Only from now on you are officially allowed to carry the title.
Actually fill this out. Links, etc…
There are various deadlines to meet before you can actually defend your thesis. It's best to work backwards from these to fix a date. The deadline as are as follows.
Other things you need to arrange:
You need to remain registered as a student (and pay tuition) at the UZH until you have received your final diploma in the mail.