The deadline for submission of Nominations for External Examiner for PhD candidates wanting to complete on the timeline for August 31 program completion is this Friday, April 9. This is a somewhat flexible deadline, but students wishing to complete their PhD by the end of the summer should be ready to start the examination process. The External Examiner nominations should come in by the end of next week to reduce the likelihood of a delay in securing an External Examiner.

As a reminder, the other dates candidates need to meet are as follows:

• FRIDAY, 11 JUNE 2021 – Doctoral dissertation (and supporting documentation) submitted to Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for external examination
• FRIDAY, 6 AUGUST 2021 – Last Day for Final Doctoral Oral Examination
• FRIDAY, 27 AUGUST 2021 – Acceptance of final, approved doctoral dissertation by Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

We will also have an information session about the Virtual Defence process on Wednesday, June 2. This session will be advertised in the regular Monday updates from GradUpdate.

Please distribute this email to any faculty or students you think may be interested.

Best,

Robyn

Robyn Starkey (Prounouns: No Preference)
Doctoral Exams Coordinator
Office of the Dean | Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
The University of British Columbia 170 – 6371 Crescent Road | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z2 Canada
Phone 604 822 3989
robyn.starkey@ubc.ca
http://www.grad.ubc.ca