Defense old

The ED3C ensures that national rules, as well as the rules specific to each co-accredited universities, are applied as part of its defence authorisation process. The ED3C Defence Criteria are as follows

The thesis must contain original research by the doctoral student. The stated objective of the ED3C is for the doctoral student to have at least one signed first author publication accepted in an international peer-reviewed journal. A first author signed article submitted for publication may be considered for approval to defend.

These criteria apply to all ED3C doctoral students, regardless of their enrolment institution, discipline or category (full-time or part-time PhD student).

The doctoral student must consider a delay of approximately 3 months between the start of the process and the defence.