Postgraduate research examination

The guidance on the following pages provides everything you need to know about the postgraduate research examination process at Essex. We’ve also included a timeline for when the content of each page should be considered:

Step 1: Three months before your thesis submission deadline

• preparing to submit your thesis including restricting access to your thesis

Step 2: When you’re collating your thesis ready for submission

• COVID-19 thesis impact statement
• thesis word count and format
• copyright guidance
• requirements for a thesis as a series of papers

Step 3: When you’re ready to submit your thesis

• how to submit your thesis for examination

Step 4: After you’ve submitted your thesis, before the viva examination

• how to prepare for your viva
• how the viva process works

Step 5: After your viva examination has taken place

• after your viva

Step 6: When you receive confirmation that you can upload your thesis

• uploading your thesis to the Research Repository

Step 7: After your thesis has been uploaded to the repository

• after your thesis has been uploaded to the repository