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| - | Note: The following was heavily edited by RafiK from the Physics dept., but it should apply to ICS as well... | + | //Note: The following was heavily edited by people from the Physics dept., but it should apply to ICS as well.// |
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| ====== Links, Rules, Checklists and Infos: ====== | ====== Links, Rules, Checklists and Infos: ====== | ||
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| * Main MNF info page: [[http://www.mnf.uzh.ch/de/studium/phd/checkliste-fuer-doktorierende.html|ger]] [[http://www.mnf.uzh.ch/en/studium/phd/checkliste-fuer-doktorierende.html|eng]] (check both, english version is not always up to date..) | * Main MNF info page: [[http://www.mnf.uzh.ch/de/studium/phd/checkliste-fuer-doktorierende.html|ger]] [[http://www.mnf.uzh.ch/en/studium/phd/checkliste-fuer-doktorierende.html|eng]] (check both, english version is not always up to date..) | ||
| * MNF Fact sheet PhD Defense: [[http://www.mnf.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:72745e76-d1c4-4e39-ae30-e7214d4bb823/Merkblatt_D_PVO2011.pdf|ger, pdf]] [[http://www.mnf.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:b7715776-6898-4a52-9d78-ecfb2f0d2093/Merkblatt_E_PVO2011.pdf|eng, pdf]] | * MNF Fact sheet PhD Defense: [[http://www.mnf.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:72745e76-d1c4-4e39-ae30-e7214d4bb823/Merkblatt_D_PVO2011.pdf|ger, pdf]] [[http://www.mnf.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:b7715776-6898-4a52-9d78-ecfb2f0d2093/Merkblatt_E_PVO2011.pdf|eng, pdf]] | ||
| - | * Template PhD titlepage [[www.mnf.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:3711daa6-ee4d-4b99-a56c-dd45ec6251e9/Titelblatt_E_POV2011.doc|pdf]] | + | * Template PhD titlepage [[http://www.mnf.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:3711daa6-ee4d-4b99-a56c-dd45ec6251e9/Titelblatt_E_POV2011.doc|pdf]] |
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| - | ===== Definitions > Persons involved ===== | + | ===== Persons involved ===== |
| * The author (You) | * The author (You) | ||
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| * External Referee / Externer Gutachter (one or two) | * External Referee / Externer Gutachter (one or two) | ||
| * Zirkulationskreis (four MNF Profs.) | * Zirkulationskreis (four MNF Profs.) | ||
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| + | ===== Abbreviations ===== | ||
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| + | * MNF: Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultaet = Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (to which the ICS is attached). | ||
| + | * UZH: Universitaet Zurich = University of Zurich | ||
| + | * ZB: Zentralbibliothek = University Library | ||
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| ===== 1. write thesis ===== | ===== 1. write thesis ===== | ||
| - | * Use the [[http://www.mnf.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:3711daa6-ee4d-4b99-a56c-dd45ec6251e9/Titelblatt_E_POV2011.doc|template titlepage layout]], it's mandatory!! | + | * Use the [[http://www.mnf.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:3711daa6-ee4d-4b99-a56c-dd45ec6251e9/Titelblatt_E_POV2011.doc|template titlepage layout]], it's mandatory!! A quick latex template is [[https://github.com/AstroPhysicsUZH/PhD_Thesis_stuff|here]] |
| + | * make sure you have a "Zusammenfassung" in German (mandatory, in German, about a page) and a summary in english (if you are writing in english you //can// add an english one), put if right after the title page, in front of the TOC. | ||
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| for the registration you will need: | for the registration you will need: | ||
| - | * date of defense (>6weeks and < 3 months from now) | + | * the date of defense (>6weeks and < 3 months from now) |
| - | * Your students number | + | * your student number |
| - | * complete draft of pdf of thesis as pdf | + | * a complete draft of thesis as pdf |
| - | * max 50 words summary (ger or eng) | + | * a max 50 words summary (ger or eng) |
| 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 will get an email back with a form to fill in and hand in to the Dekanat. More about that in point 4. | ||
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| You should also book a room! Maybe even earlier.. | You should also book a room! Maybe even earlier.. | ||
| - | * For physics, thats done by carmelina, first consult [[http://www.physik.uzh.ch/en/seminars/epseminar.html|Seminar Schedule]] for free slots. | + | * For PHY, thats done by carmelina, first consult [[http://www.physik.uzh.ch/en/seminars/epseminar.html|Seminar Schedule]] for free slots. |
| * For ICS: FIXME ask someone who knows and then write it here. | * For ICS: FIXME ask someone who knows and then write it here. | ||
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| - | RafiK made LO templates for those, check the repro: | + | [[https://github.com/AstroPhysicsUZH/PhD_Thesis_stuff|RafiK made LO tempaltes for those]] |
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| You should also get a red card, that you need to hand in your thesis at the Central Library | You should also get a red card, that you need to hand in your thesis at the Central Library | ||
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| - | :!: max one year after defense ??? :!: | ||
| ===== 7. After Your Defense ===== | ===== 7. After Your Defense ===== | ||
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| - A few weeks after your defence, the MNF will issue a certificate stating that you have passed your PhD defence, but that you have not been officially awarded the PhD degree yet. Your may need this for job applications. You may have to request this from Regina. | - A few weeks after your defence, the MNF will issue a certificate stating that you have passed your PhD defence, but that you have not been officially awarded the PhD degree yet. Your may need this for job applications. You may have to request this from Regina. | ||
| - | - Some longer time after your defence, the professors of the MNF will meet and make the final decision on whether you have earned your PhD. This usually happens in May and November. | + | - Some longer time after your defence, the professors of the MNF will meet and make the final decision on whether you have earned your PhD. This usually happens every month. |
| - Afterwards, you will receive an invitation to the official graduation ceremony. This usually happens in June and December. | - Afterwards, you will receive an invitation to the official graduation ceremony. This usually happens in June and December. | ||
| - | - After the ceremony, you will be sent a little red card. With that card, you will have to deliver the final (printed and electronic) versions of the thesis to the ZB. | + | - You will be sent a little red card and instructions. With that card, you will have to deliver the final (printed and electronic) versions of the thesis to the ZB. see below for details. |
| - The library will forward one copy of the dissertation to your supervisor who has to sign off on this copy. | - The library will forward one copy of the dissertation to your supervisor who has to sign off on this copy. | ||
| - Once your supervisor has signed off, the UZH/MNF will issue your diploma. At this point, you will need to provide them with a postal address where they will send the papers. This can take up to twelve weeks. | - Once your supervisor has signed off, the UZH/MNF will issue your diploma. At this point, you will need to provide them with a postal address where they will send the papers. This can take up to twelve weeks. | ||
| + | ==== final versions for central library ==== | ||
| - | ===== 8. Call yourself Dr. when booking flight tickets ===== | + | there are several options: |
| + | - 16 hard copies | ||
| + | - 2 hard copies and 17 electronic form (DVD) | ||
| + | - 3 hard copies and 1 electronic form internet compatible | ||
| - | Only from now on you are officially allowed to carry the title. | + | electronic: 3 files: diss.pdf, abstract.pdf, abstract.txt |
| + | (use those filenames, you can extract the abstract.pdf from the diss.pdf, both languages, and create a text only version of both in abstract.txt) | ||
| + | There are many rules and restrictions to obey for the printed version and the DVD. | ||
| + | You have to put a A5 sticker version of your title page onto the binded version, the DVD have to be labelled correctly... The "printing house" below de Dekanat knows all the rules. You can just print your thesis on a institute printer, assemble the relevant electronic files and bring them the 3 copies and they make the rest, for like 100 SFr. | ||
| - | ===== Before Your Defense ===== | + | ===== 8. Call yourself Dr. when booking flight tickets ===== |
| - | FIXME Actually fill this out. Links, etc... | + | Only from now on you are officially allowed to carry the title. |
| - | 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. | ||
| - | - Latest 6 Weeks, Earlierst XX Weeks = Register | ||
| - | - Latest 4 Weeks, Deliver Report, Circulate | ||
| - | - Latest X Weeks ??? | ||
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| - | Other things you need to arrange: | ||
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| - | * Referee (one or two). Either you or your supervisor will arrange this. | ||
| - | * A room to defend in (ask Regina/Suzanne) | ||
| - | * Apero (champagne is reimbursed, everything else is on you) | ||
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| - | ===== After Your Defense ===== | ||
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| - | :!: //You need to remain registered as a student (and pay tuition) at the UZH until you have received your final diploma in the mail.// :!: | ||
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| - | - A few weeks after your defence, the MNF will issue a certificate stating that you have passed your PhD defence, but that you have not been officially awarded the PhD degree yet. Your may need this for job applications. You may have to request this from Regina. | ||
| - | - Some longer time after your defence, the professors of the MNF will meet and make the final decision on whether you have earned your PhD. This usually happens in May and November. | ||
| - | - Afterwards, you will receive an invitation to the official graduation ceremony. This usually happens in June and December. | ||
| - | - After the ceremony, you will be sent a little red card. With that card, you will have to deliver the final (printed and electronic) versions of the thesis to the ZB. | ||
| - | - The library will forward one copy of the dissertation to your supervisor who has to sign off on this copy. | ||
| - | - Once your supervisor has signed off, the UZH/MNF will issue your diploma. At this point, you will need to provide them with a postal address where they will send the papers. This can take up to twelve weeks. | ||
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| - | ===== Abbreviations ===== | ||
| - | |||
| - | * MNF: Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultaet = Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (to which the ICS is attached). | ||
| - | * UZH: Universitaet Zurich = University of Zurich | ||
| - | * ZB: Zentralbibliothek = University Library | ||
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