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Doctoral degree

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When it is time for the examination of your PhD studies, it is important to plan ahead and prepare carefully for each stage of the process. These pages provide information on what is important to consider before the public defence, during the defence itself, and what happens after the defence.

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Before the public defence

Learn about degree requirements, registering for your thesis defence seminar and rules around conflicts of interest.

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Important to know and guidelines

Here you can find guidelines and important to know, such as use of AI tools and plagiarism check.

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The public defence seminar

Learn about requirements such as thesis formatting.

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Booking the public defence seminar

Book here.

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After the public defense

Degree certificate and conferment ceremony.

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Thesis defence seminars coming up

Dates and venues.

Last updated: 5 Mar 2026 | webbredaktionen [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se