Submitting your thesis
Submission and examination of your thesis is the result of years of hard work. The process of submitting your thesis is coordinated by the Doctoral Academy Exams team.
It is important that you ensure that you plan for your thesis submission and that you understand the deadlines, requirements for presentation and key stages of the process.
The following information and documents offer a step-by-step guide to the thesis submission process.
Key stages
- Completion of the student Notice of Submission Form within eProg – My eProg > My Examination Summary
- Completion of supervisor Notice of Submission Form by the main supervisor within eProg – My eProg > My Examination Tasks
Note: Supervisor completion of the notice form opens the electronic submission window in eThesis - Completion of the Nomination of Examiners Form by the main supervisor within eProg – My eProg > My Examination Tasks
- Approval of examiners by the PGR Tutor/Supervisor or Director within eProg
- Submission of a PDF document to Manchester eThesis
- Thesis examination by examiners
- Viva exam
- Examiner recommendations
- Ratification of result by the PGR Degrees Panel
- Minor corrections or resubmission (this will begin the process again with a Notice of Resubmission appearing in eProg)
- Corrections approved by internal examiner and confirmed in eProg (minor corrections only)
- Electronic submission window opened by the Doctoral Academy Exams Team following confirmation of corrections
- Submission of a final PDF document to Manchester eThesis
- Published award (Please note: University policy dictates that the degree award date is the date on which the result was ratified as a pass by the Faculty Postgraduate Research Degree Panel/Chair (step 9). However, the confirmation of award letter cannot be sent until after the final thesis has been submitted and acknowledged)
- Registration for graduation
- Graduation