1. A PhD thesis will not be considered officially receivable by the Office of the Doctoral College, for jury designation and defense authorization, until all the following steps have been submitted by the supervisor(s):

• the validated Thesis Evaluation and Defense Authorization Form (TEDAF) including (i) the yearly favorable Doctoral Year Review Forms (DYRF) duly completed and signed, (ii) validation of Credits, (iii) two peer-reviewed scholarly outputs (Cf. article 11 §2), (iv) the full manuscript of PhD thesis, (v) the Plagiarism Compliance Statement (PCS), and (vi) Turnitin report.
• the list of Readers and Examiners for Evaluation of PhD Thesis Form (REEPF) duly completed and signed, in accordance with the jury composition requirements stipulated in Articles 12 and 14.

2. Following the approval of the dean of school/faculty of the Readers and Examiners for Evaluation of PhD Thesis Form (REEPF) , the PhD supervisor(s) shall send the PhD thesis to jury members. The readers’ reports (two reports are required) including all revisions and comments will be sent by the readers to the Office of Doctoral College, the PhD student, and the PhD supervisor(s) no later than four weeks before the approved defense date.
In case there are changes or corrections requested by readers, the PhD student and supervisor(s) are held responsible to provide readers with answers and all required corrections of the PhD thesis as well as to communicate to the Office of Doctoral College the written progress reports and/or the final reports received from both Readers.

3. Following the positive evaluation of the readers, the dean of the Doctoral College authorizes the PhD defense, and a public notice will be posted in different schools/faculty at least 7 days in advance of the defense date.