Navn
Adresse
Blindern, 2018-10-27
Our ref.:«Saksnr»
Adjudication committee for Dr. Philos.-thesis;
«Drand»
«Drand» has submitted the following thesis for the degree of Doctor Philosophiae at the University of Oslo:
«Tittel»
The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences has appointed the following committee to evaluate the thesis and the subsequent disputation:
«Navn1», «Adr1», «e-post1»
«Navn2», «Adr2», «e-post2»
«Navnadm», «Adradm», «e-postadm»
We are pleased to hear that you are willing to join the committee as administrator of the committee.
A copy of the thesis is enclosed. The committee has 6 weeks to write its report. The report has to be in the possession of the Department no later than 5 weeks before the planned date of the disputation. You shall send a copy of the report to the candidate.
You shall inform the opponents of the time and place for the defense. You shall provide support to the visiting members with completing travel expense claims and assist them while they are in Oslo. The travel expense form can be accessed at the following site: The travel expense form is submitted/sent by the finance section of the <institutt> together with all receipts and invoices for the travel expenses.
The undersigned can assist with booking of hotel rooms if visitors needs assistance for their stay in Oslo. It is assumed that notice is clearly given in advance of the stay.
The trial lectures
The doctoral candidate shall hold two public trial lectures, one on a chosen topic and one on a prescribed topic. The candidate shall submit the title of the trial lecture of his/her own choice no later than one month prior to the disputation. The topic for the trial lecture on a prescribed topic is determined by the adjudication committee and shall be announced to the candidate 10 working days prior to the lecture.
The objective of the trial lecture on a prescribed topic is to test the candidate’s scientific maturity and the topic should therefore lie outside the thesis subject area. Further more, the candidate should show her/his ability to dispose both the material and the time.
The trial lecturesshould last 45 minutes.
Trial lectures shall be held before the disputation.
Disputation
The academic head of departmentis appointed by the Dean of the Faculty to chair the public defence. If the academic head of department is unable to preside the disputation, the deputy academic head of department or a senior scientist at the department may be empowered to do so. The administrator of the committee cannot preside the disputation.Two of the committee members act as opponents.
The chairperson opens the disputation with a short introduction of the candidate, a short account of the submission and evaluation of the dissertation, and of the trial lecture and the evaluation of this. The candidate subsequently explains the objectives and results of her/his scientific research.
When the doctoral candidate’s account is finished, the first opponent places the candidate’s work within an international and scientific framework.The discussion subsequently opensand the doctoral candidate has the opportunity to defend the thesis.
After the opponents have ended their opposition, the person presiding over the proceedings announces to the other persons who are present that any person who wishes to speak as an opponent ex auditoria may do so.
Finally, the candidate may express her/his thanks before the chairperson proclaims the disputation as closed.
After the disputation has ended, the person presiding over the proceedings has the opportunity on behalf of the adjudication committee, after it has had a short meeting, to inform about the committee’s evaluation of the disputation.
After the public defence, the adjudication committee should send a report (on a specific form) to the Faculty, in which it accounts for the dissertation and the evaluation of the defence of the dissertation. The report’s conclusion should indicate whether the public defence is recommended approved or not. The member of the committee without affiliation to a Norwegian institution gives a statement comparing the scientific level of the candidate’s thesis with the general scientific level of the theses at the member’s home institution.
The Faculty finally approves whether the disputation is passed based on the report of the committee.
Yours faithfully,
Navn
Stilling
Copy: The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences