Proposal for the preliminary examiners of the doctoral thesis - Faculty of Social Sciences

Submission of a dissertation for preliminary examination must be approved by the coordinating academic and the main supervisor. The coordinating academic makes a proposal for the preliminary examiners or examiners of the licentiate thesis after consulting the doctoral candidate and the supervisors. Please refer to the Faculty's specific guidelines.

The doctoral candidate is responsible for the content of the work submitted for the preliminary examination. The supervisor(s) are responsible for ensuring that the quality and scope of the work is such that it can be submitted for pre-examination. The doctoral candidate shall ensure that the language used in the dissertation is up to the standard required for scientific publications. If you have written your dissertation in a language other than your mother tongue, and if your supervisor considers that a language revision is necessary, you may use a language revision on your dissertation manuscript. In most cases, the language revision of the dissertation manuscript is only carried out after the preliminary examination and before the dissertation is printed, but it can also be done before the preliminary examination.

The manuscript must be submitted to the Faculty at least 12 days before the Faculty Council meeting, see Instructions for students -> Dissertation manuscript submission deadlines and Faculty Council schedules.

In addition to this e-form, save as an attachment:
- dissertation manuscript (as a single pdf file, including sub-publications)
- a report on co-authored publications, signed by the doctoral candidate and the supervisor. The supervisor can also confirm the approval by e-mail to valt-postgrad@helsinki.fi. Instructions for writing the report can be found in the Instructions for students.

For more detailed instructions on how to submit your dissertation for the preliminary examination, please see the Instructions for students.

ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE FORM AND ATTACHED THE ATTACHMENTS, SAVE IT AND SEND A MESSAGE TO: valt-postgrad@helsinki.fi

The doctoral candidate and their coordinating academic will be attached in the message, both of whom will confirm that the proposal has been accepted by replying to the e-mail.

Further guidance:
- The form can be printed after you have selected Save and attached any attachments.
- The attachments are added by ticking I want to send attachment(s) and selecting Save.
- Attachments can also be sent by e-mail to valt-postgrad@helsinki.fi
- You can continue to fill in the information later by choosing the Partial Submission box.

Information about the doctoral candidate

Last name

First name

Student number

Previous Degree

Scientific discipline

Doctoral programme

Doctoral dissertation

Title of the dissertation (in the language used in the dissertation, not in capitals). If it is a licentiate thesis, mention it here.

Form of the dissertation

Number of articles in article-based dissertation / Pages in monograph (without appendix)

Studies and attendance registration

The studies for the doctoral exam are completed and the registered studies have been compiled to modules.

The studies for the doctoral exam are completed, but not compiled.

The studies for the doctoral exam are not finished.

I have registered as attending for the current semester.

Supervisor(s) of the dissertation / licentiate thesis

Supervisor 1

Last name

First name

Title/position

Affiliation (institution/university)

E-mail

Add a supervisor

Supervisor 2

Last name

First name

Title/position

Affiliation (institution/university)

E-mail

Add a supervisor

Supervisor 3

Last name

First name

Title/position

Affiliation (institution/university)

E-mail

Add a supervisor

Supervisor 4

Last name

First name

Title/position

Affiliation (institution/university)

E-mail

Proposal for pre-examiners

Disqualification of preliminary examiners

The preliminary examiner can have no relationship with the doctoral candidate, the doctoral dissertation or another party involved that may compromise his or her impartiality.

Consequently, the following persons cannot serve as a preliminary examiner:
- A person who has co-authored at least one of the articles in the doctoral dissertation
- A person who is currently engaged in research cooperation with the doctoral candidate or was engaged in such research cooperation during the dissertation project
- A person who has been engaged in close research cooperation with the dissertation supervisor during the three years prior to the preliminary examination of the doctoral dissertation
- A close relative of the doctoral candidate
- The immediate superior or subordinate of the doctoral candidate or the supervisor
- A member of the thesis committee

Preliminary examiner 1

Last name

First name

Title/position

Affiliation (institution/university)

E-mail

Address

The proposed examiner does not have a title of professor or docent

CV of the pre-examiner 1

If the proposed examiner does not have a title of professor or docent, please provide grounds for choosing him/her and a link to CV and list of publications, or enclose those with the proposal. If the proposed examiner is from another Faculty at UH, please enclose grounds for why an external person cannot be found.

Preliminary examiner 2

Last name

First name

Title/position

Affiliation (institution/university)

E-mail

Address

The proposed examiner does not have a title of professor or docent

CV of the pre-examiner 2

Attachments

I include the following attachments:

The dissertation manuscript

For an article-based dissertation, I include a list of original publications, and a co-author report signed by the supervisor and the doctoral candidate

When appropriate, a CV of proposed pre-examiner if s/he is not a docent or professor (if you have not provided the link above)

Signature (write the names here, then send an e-mail to valt-postgrad@helsinki.fi)

Coordinating Academic

I have no objections to the proposed pre-examiners.

Doctoral Candidate

Partial submission

I wish to save the form and continue later by using the link that will be sent into the email address I gave

Email address

Proposal for the preliminary examiners of the doctoral thesis - Faculty of Social Sciences

Information about the doctoral candidate

Doctoral dissertation

Studies and attendance registration

Supervisor(s) of the dissertation / licentiate thesis

Supervisor 1

Supervisor 2

Supervisor 3

Supervisor 4

Proposal for pre-examiners

Preliminary examiner 1

CV of the pre-examiner 1

Preliminary examiner 2

CV of the pre-examiner 2

Attachments

Signature (write the names here, then send an e-mail to valt-postgrad@helsinki.fi)

Partial submission

Proceed