{"id":9447,"date":"2023-04-17T10:04:38","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T17:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/?p=9447"},"modified":"2023-04-17T10:04:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T17:04:38","slug":"doctoral-deadlines-for-august-31-program-completion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/post-9447","title":{"rendered":"Doctoral Deadlines for August 31 Program Completion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Subject:<\/strong> Doctoral Deadlines for August 31 Program Completion<\/p>\n<p>The deadline for <strong>submission of Nominations for External Examiner for PhD candidates<\/strong> wanting to complete on the timeline for August 31, 2023 Program Completion\u00a0was last Friday, April 14. While this is a slightly flexible deadline, forms should really be in <strong><u>by Friday this week<\/u><\/strong>, to avoid delays.<\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, the <strong>other dates<\/strong> candidates need to meet are as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>FRIDAY, 9 JUNE\u00a02023<\/strong> \u2013 Doctoral dissertation (and supporting documentation) submitted to Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for external examination<\/p>\n<p><strong>FRIDAY,\u00a04 AUGUST, 2023<\/strong> \u2013 Last Day for Final Doctoral Oral Examination<\/p>\n<p><strong>THURSDAY, 31 AUGUST,\u00a02023<\/strong> \u2013 Acceptance of final, approved doctoral dissertation by Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies<\/p>\n<p>Students will be able to choose to defend either in person or on Zoom. We will work with students to select the most appropriate mode for their defence.<\/p>\n<p>There is an <strong>information session<\/strong> for students about the Doctoral Exam process organized by Graduate Pathways to Success on <strong><u>Tuesday,\u00a0May 16\u00a0at 2pm<\/u><\/strong>.<br \/>\nStudents who are interested in attending this Zoom session can find more information here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grad.ubc.ca\/about-us\/events\/23133-doctoral-defence-doctoral-examination-defence-procedures\">https:\/\/www.grad.ubc.ca\/about-us\/events\/23133-doctoral-defence-doctoral-examination-defence-procedures<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please distribute this email to any faculty or students you think may be interested.<\/p>\n<p>Best,<\/p>\n<p>Robyn<\/p>\n<p><strong>Robyn\u00a0Starkey<\/strong>\u00a0(Pronouns:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/equity.ubc.ca\/resources\/gender-diversity\/pronouns\/\">No Preference<\/a>)<br \/>\nDoctoral Exams Coordinator<br \/>\nOffice of the Dean\u00a0|\u00a0Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies<br \/>\nThe University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus\u00a0| Musqueam Traditional Territory<br \/>\nThe University of British Columbia\u00a0170 \u2013 6371 Crescent Road\u00a0|\u00a0Vancouver BC\u00a0|\u00a0V6T 1Z2 Canada<br \/>\nPhone 604 822 3989<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:robyn.starkey@ubc.ca\">robyn.starkey@ubc.ca |<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.grad.ubc.ca\/\">grad.ubc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The UBC Vancouver campus is situated within the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the x\u02b7m\u0259\u03b8k\u02b7\u0259y\u0313\u0259m (Musqueam).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subject: Doctoral Deadlines for August 31 Program Completion The deadline for submission of Nominations for External Examiner for PhD candidates wanting to complete on the timeline for August 31, 2023 Program Completion\u00a0was last Friday, April 14. While this is a slightly flexible deadline, forms should really be in by Friday this week, to avoid delays.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18841,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18841"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9448,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9447\/revisions\/9448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}