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Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies

PhD Milestone Overview

The progress of all PhD students in our program has to be tracked through an online system:

PhDs at Faculty of Science, UZH have to use the MNF Student Admin tool.
PhDs at ETHZ have to use Student Admin tool. Members of LSZGS from other universities need login via Edu-ID: this works only if an account exists already and the account uses the e-mail defined as contact address in edu-ID. Confirm with the LSZGS that an account exists and which e-mail must be used.

It is the responsibility of the PhD to keep the PhD progress tracking up to date and meet deadlines.
Please see here for deadlines

UZH Defence deadlines
The defence must take place within 18 months after the last committee meeting.
There should be 6-12 weeks between your dissertation submission and your defence date.
Make sure your thesis committee members are available at your defence.
The defence can take place no sooner than 6 weeks after and must take place within 12 weeks following the registration for graduation. 
For the latest MNF UZH checklist see here

ETHZ Defence deadlines
To register for the doctoral examination, the registration form and a copy of the title page of the doctoral thesis with the complete list of the examination committee must be submitted to the central doctoral administration at least 15 working days before the examination date. For general ETHZ doctoral examination guidlines see here.
The following must be done BEFORE registering for the doctoral examination:

  • All members of the examination committee must be confirmed. External co-examiners in particular must be confirmed by the departmental conference before registering for the examination.
  • Doctoral students must obtain proof from the department that they have completed their doctoral studies in full.
  • Doctoral students must submit their doctoral thesis to the departmental doctoral administration office in advance. There they will also receive information about the form (physical or digital) and deadline in which the doctoral thesis must be submitted.

    For further information see here