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

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Results overview Corrections Revising a thesis

Exams PhD

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

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

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PhD or MPhil by thesis exam

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Higher Degrees

Higher Degrees overview PhD under Special Regulations ScD and LittD
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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
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Examiners

  • Examiners overview
  • PhD or MPhil by thesis exam
    • 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
  • Plagiarism or poor scholarship
  • Appeals procedures

Examination of a thesis for the PhD, MSc or MPhil (by thesis)

  • Appointment of examiners and the examiners' pack
  • Setting up the oral and independent reporting
  • The oral (viva)
  • The outcome
  • Reporting your decision to the Degree Committee
  • Claiming fees and expenses
  • Dealing with corrections
  • Examining a revised thesis

 

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Office closures

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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Meetings of the Degree Committee and Degree Ceremonies 

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News

If pandemic, war/conflict, or natural disaster have significantly impacted on your research, you are invited to submit a Research Impact Statement with your thesis using the template provided. The purpose of the statement is for you to describe any restrictions or difficulties experienced in undertaking your research as a result of pandemic, war/conflict, or natural disaster, and to provide details of any alternative arrangements made to complete the work for your thesis. Further details for students and supervisors can be found in the Research Impact Statement guidance and the Research Impact Statement form can be downloaded here. 

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Degree Committee for the Faculty of Earth Sciences & Geography

Contact Information

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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