Graduation Committee review (after Graduation Committee establishment, within 6 weeks): The Graduation Committee issues its judgement on the quality of the dissertation and decides on the admission of the candidate to the defense (the Secretary of the Graduation Committee notifies the Doctorate Board via the Faculty Dean’s office in HF).
Title page submission (after Graduation Committee review): Candidate submits the title page to HF.
Title page approval (after Title page submission): Doctorate Board assesses and approves the title page.
Thesis printing (after Title page approval): Candidate gets permission to print the dissertation from Secretary of Graduation Committee (i.e., Faculty Dean), and prints the manuscript.
Cum Laude proposal: Promoter or a Graduation Committee member may propose awarding Cum Laude, after consulting the Faculty Dean via written proposal.