Defending your doctoral thesis: the PhD viva — Vitae Website.

You are likely only to defend a PhD thesis only once; your defense is a special occasion, so consider dressing appropriately, at least business casual, but a suit is not inappropriate. It is customary to provide refreshments for the audience, such as coffee, bagels, cookies and fruit, depending on the time of day. The Role of PhD Committee Members.

PhD students are always excited and eager to defend their PhD dissertation once their dissertation chair tells them it is ready to defend. Here is the common reaction: Finally! I have made so many changes and revisions to my study. I am actually getting a little sick of my PhD dissertation.

I am a full time funded PhD student started 2010 but finally submitted my thesis after 3.5 year which was last year march and had my viva in May. My both supervisor are very knowledgeable in my field and clearly thought I had done enough work until the day of my viva.

Taking time to organize your research, create a presentation and ready yourself for questions can help you prepare for a successful dissertation proposal defense. Dissertation Draft While requirements will vary among universities and departments, a few general guidelines apply to all dissertation proposals.

Start Time: Click on the first time box and select your start time from the drop down menu. End Time: Click on the second time box and select your end time from the drop down menu. Description: Enter the title of your dissertation here. Be sure to indicate your doctoral field of study.

Dissertation Defense. In order to complete the requirements for the doctoral degree, students will prepare and successfully defend a written dissertation in accordance with the format and procedures dictated by the Graduate School. Students must orally defend their completed doctoral research to their Doctoral Dissertation Committee.

If the student fails to defend the proposal, the student may present a dissertation proposal a second time at a later date. Failure in the second attempt results in dismissal from the program. Upon completing this requirement successfully, a copy of the proposal must be filed with the Computer Science Department, and the student is advanced to candidacy for the PhD degree.

The Graduate School considers the dissertation committee's vote to be final. A student who fails the dissertation proposal defense may not schedule a second defense until at least three months have elapsed. A student who fails the dissertation proposal defense for the second time becomes ineligible for further graduate work.

The second one is the good story and actually happened to a good friend of my good friend. He was working in some molecular biology with an ag plant. I believe it was switchgrass. The committee basically didn't like how he was treating them leading up to the defense. Not enough time for them to review the dissertation, among other things.

If the dissertation has been submitted for a second time or has been submitted after a revision suggested by the committee, this should be noted in the introduction. The committee should provide a brief account of whether the candidate has incorporated the suggestions and of what amendments have been made to the dissertation.