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Degree Committee for the Faculty of Earth Sciences & Geography

Degree Committee for the Faculty of Earth Sciences & Geography

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About the DC

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Prospective Students

Prospective Students overview Continuing students

Current Students

Current Students overview Terms and residence Supervision reports First year review LWA Research Fund Complaints and appeals

Change in student status

Change in student status overview Changing course, dept or mode Extending submission deadline Intermission Withdrawal and reinstatement Working Away from Cambridge

Exams MRes & MPhil (taught)

Exams MRes & MPhil (taught) overview Rules and Regulations After the examination

Exams MPhil by thesis

Exams MPhil by thesis overview Rules and Regulations Before you submit Thesis submission The oral (viva)

Results

Results overview Corrections Revising a thesis

Exams PhD

Exams PhD overview Rules and Regulations Before you submit Thesis submission The oral (viva)

Results

Results overview Corrections Submitting a hardbound copy Revising a thesis PhD not awarded

Supervisors

Supervisors overview Supervisor appointment Guidance for supervisors Supervision reporting

Roles and responsibilities

Roles and responsibilities overview Supervisor role: postgraduate admissions Supervisor role: current students Supervisor role: examinations

Examiners

Examiners overview Plagiarism or poor scholarship Appeals procedures

PhD or MPhil by thesis exam

PhD or MPhil by thesis exam overview Examiner appointment Pre-viva actions The oral (viva) Post-viva actions Submitting reports Fees and expenses Corrections Examining a revised thesis

MRes or MPhil (taught) exam

MRes or MPhil (taught) exam overview Examiner appointment Senior/Chair of Examiners External Examiner for taught courses Examiners and Assessors Fees and expenses

Higher Degrees

Higher Degrees overview PhD under Special Regulations ScD and LittD
Home About the DC Prospective Students Current Students Supervisors Examiners Higher Degrees
Home About the DC Prospective Students Current Students Supervisors Examiners Higher Degrees

About the DC

About the DC overview
    Meeting dates Membership Department contacts

Prospective Students

Prospective Students overview
    Continuing students

Current Students

Current Students overview
    Terms and residence Change in student status Supervision reports First year review Exams MRes & MPhil (taught) Exams MPhil by thesis Exams PhD LWA Research Fund Complaints and appeals

Supervisors

Supervisors overview
    Supervisor appointment Roles and responsibilities Guidance for supervisors Supervision reporting

Examiners

Examiners overview
    PhD or MPhil by thesis exam MRes or MPhil (taught) exam Plagiarism or poor scholarship Appeals procedures

Higher Degrees

Higher Degrees overview
    PhD under Special Regulations ScD and LittD

Degree Committee for the Faculty of Earth Sciences & Geography

Research degree theses should still be submitted by your submission deadline on the relevant Moodle site, even if that falls during the holiday period.

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Degree Committee for the Faculty of Earth Sciences & Geography

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Degree Committee for Earth Sciences & Geography School of the Physical Sciences, 17 Mill Lane Cambridge CB2 1RX
Email:degreecommitteeEA@admin.cam.ac.uk
Phone:01223 746764 / 746766

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