No later than 5 months before the degree ceremony

• Approval by supervisor(s) of the dissertation
• Request for admission to the degree ceremony, submitted to the Board of Deans, also including the original of the certificate that provides access to the degree ceremony 4
• Acceptance of the thesis, as well as proposal to the Dean for the composition of the Assessment Committee 5
• No later than 4½ months before the degree ceremony
• Proposal by the Dean to the Board of Deans for the composition of the Assessment Committee 6
• Appointment of the Assessment Committee by the Chairman of the Board of Deans
• Members of the Assessment Committee receive the thesis from the supervisor/doctoral candidate

No later than 3 months before the degree ceremony

• Statement by the Assessment Committee regarding the defence of the dissertation 7
• Setting the date for the degree ceremony with the secretariat of the Board of Deans
• Submitting the title page and reverse of the title page to the secretariat of the Board of Deans 8
• Approval of the propositions by supervisor(s) 9
• Confirmation of admission to the degree ceremony, stating the time 10
• Printing the dissertation

No later than 3 weeks before the degree ceremony

• Proposal by the supervisor(s) for the composition of the Supervisory Committee 11
• Sending dissertations to the members of the Supervisory Committee
• Submitting 40 copies of the dissertation to the secretariat of the Board of Deans (including the propositions)
• Applying for reimbursement for the 40 copies submitted 12
• Discussing the scenario for the degree ceremony (use of any visual aids, reception, names and addresses of assistants, etc.)

No later than 1 week before the degree ceremony

• Submission by the supervisor(s) of a proposal for the sequence of the members of the opposition to the Rector —
• Sending the scenario

See also the download section, where the model letters can be downloaded.