Key stages of thesis submission

• Completion of the Notice of Submission Form by the student within eProg – My eProg > My Examination Summary
  Note: The Notice of Submission Form is available up to 6 months before the thesis submission deadline and should be completed 4-6 weeks  before the thesis deadline.

• Completion of the Notice of Submission Form (Supervisor) 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 or Director within eProg

• Submission of a PDF document to Manchester eThesis

• Thesis examination by examiners

• Viva exam

• Examiner recommendations

• Minor corrections or resubmission (this will begin the process again with a Notice of Resubmission appearing within eProg)

• Corrections approved by internal examiner and confirmed in eProg (minor corrections only)

• Ratification of result by the Research Degrees Panel

• Electronic submission window opened by the Doctoral Academy office following confirmation of corrections

• Submission of a final PDF document to Manchester eThesis. Note: The University no longer requires the submission of final hard bound copies of the thesis

• Published result

• Registration for graduation

• Graduation

Students who request that their thesis should be examined under restriction should complete the Restriction Form and submit this signed form with their thesis.