Key dates

General

Every three months – October, January, April, July – your regular meeting with your supervisor should include a strategic discussion about your research progress (see Section "Assessment and Progression'' for more details).

The “mid-September” review meetings may be held any time from the start of July onwards by agreement between student, supervisor and assessors.

For part time students and those who start their course at a time other than September, review times can be altered accordingly. Students should be proactive in ensuring that review meetings happen.

First year

• Registration week:  School Induction Meeting. Enrolment and registration for taught courses.
• September/October:  Postgraduate reception. Library and Unix courses.
• March: ESD Mathematical Writing course.
• March/April:  Six month initial assessment process.
• May/June:  Examinations for taught courses.
• Mid June:  Submission of written reports by supervisor and student to assessors.
• Late June:  First year review and assessment interview: general review of progress.

Second Year

• September/October: Re-enrolment. Postgraduate reception and meeting for continuing students.
• Early May:  Ann Cook Poster Competition as part of School Postgraduate Research Day.
• Early September: Submission of written reports by supervisor and student to assessors.
• Mid September: Second year review and assessment interview: MPhil to PhD transfer.

Third Year

• September/October: Re-enrolment. Postgraduate reception and meeting for continuing students.
• Early May:  Third Year Research Talks as part of School Postgraduate Research Day.
• Early September: Submission of written reports by supervisor and student to assessors.
• Mid September: Third year review and assessment interview: timetable for completion.

Fourth Year

• September/October: Re-enrolment. Postgraduate reception and meeting for continuing students.
• September to February:  Applications due for transfer to writing up status.

Finishing up

About three to four months before you expect to submit your PhD thesis, you should complete a PhD examination entry form. One month before submission another College form is due. You can find further details and links to the forms on the School website in the Postgraduate section.