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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 tempaltes for those
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.