Doctoral Defense Scheduling

 

The doctoral defense will be scheduled no sooner than 90 days and no longer than 180 days from the time that all academic and financial obligations have been met. You will be notified by the Office of the Registrar of your eligibility to schedule a defense after the following have been received by our offices:
  • Thesis Proposal
  • Thesis Cover Sheet
  • Abstract and Biographical Statement
  • Thesis Supervisor Report Form answering the six key points within the thesis (this form is mailed directly to our offices by the Thesis Supervisor)
  • One electronic copy of the thesis (PDF or MS Word format)
  • Payment of all tuition and fees
The Foundation is pleased to host doctoral defenses in English, Chinese (Mandarin), Spanish, and Arabic.  The Foundation hosts defenses at the following venues.
  • Indiana (Oral defense conducted in English)
  • Oxford (Oral defense in English chaired by the Dean of Studies of Foundation House/Oxford)
  • San Juan (Oral defense conducted in Spanish)
  • Hong Kong (Oral defense conducted in Mandarin)
  • Damascus/Amman (Oral defense conducted in Arabic)
Defenses can be scheduled at locations other than Indiana by special request. 
The Foundation hosts defenses in Indiana four times annually. The dates of the Indiana defenses as well as the deadline for submission associated with each defense date are listed below.
  • First Monday of March (All academic and financial requirements must be met no later than January 1.)
  • First Monday of June (All academic and financial requirements must be met no later than March 1.)
  • Second Monday of September (All academic and financial requirements must be met no later than June 1.)
  • First Monday of December (All academic and financial requirements must be met no later than September 1.)