Submission deadlines

You are expected to submit your thesis before the end of your final year of registration. However you may request additional time at the end of your programme for writing up. This additional time is known as a Submission Pending period.

During Submission Pending you may not conduct any experimental work or data collection, this time is solely for writing up of the thesis.

Submission pending

If you’re on a 3 or 6 year PhD or 2 or 4 year MD programme you will be eligible for a full year of Submission Pending. For MPhil, 3.5, 5 or 7 year PhD programmes the Submission Pending period is 6 months.

You will need to register for this period and will be contacted by your local School Graduate Administrator regarding online registration.

If you're on a 4 or 8 year programme, you are expected to write up within four years, as you are not entitled to a submission pending period.

Fees for submission pending are £225 for the 12-month period. If you are unsure of your final submission deadline, in the first instance please check your eProg details page. If you are still unsure you should contact the Doctoral Academy office at FBMH.doctoralacademy.support@manchester.ac.uk.

COVID-19 update

The University will waive the submission pending fee for any PGR with an original programme/funding start date before September 2022 (before any COVID-related extension may have been applied), regardless of their funding source.

If you meet the end date criteria and your submission pending application is approved then the fee will be waived automatically.

If you have any questions please first contact FBMH.doctoralacademy@manchester.ac.uk.

Extensions

An extension is where there is a change of circumstances that requires additional time. If you have any approved interruption during your programme, that time will be automatically added to your programme.

If you require any additional time, contact us at FBMH.doctoralacademy.support@manchester.ac.uk.