PhD Degree Final Checklist Summary

Three weeks before defense:

___Request Warrant. Provide working title of the dissertation, committee member names and affiliation/rank, and expected defense date to GPM at least three weeks before the scheduled date of the final committee examination (defense). This information will be used to request the appropriate warrant from the Graduate School.

 At least one week before:

___Distribute Draft. Submit the final-draft copy of their dissertation to the dissertation committee at least one week before the defense.

___ Announce Defense. Notify the Graduate Studies Coordinator regarding the time and place of the defense at least two weeks before scheduled defense to allow for Department announcement. The dissertator is free to personally announce the defense by other means.

After defense:

___ Warrant Completion. Work with GPM to ensure that committee members have signed warrant electronically. Retrieve a copy from my.grad.wisc.edu to be included in your final document submission.

___ Complete Graduate School Degree Completion Requirements. Complete all steps required by the Graduate School. These requirements and timelines/deadlines can be found here.

• Payment of dissertation deposit fee
• Complete doctoral exit surveys
• Electronic deposit of dissertation
• Graduate school final reviews (optional)