Timeline to FPO

 

When planning your FPO

• Review the Graduate School PhD Checklist
• Review the Mudd Library Dissertation Format Requirements
• Review the Degree Deadlines
• Confirm your principal readers and examiners and that your committee meets Graduate School and departmental requirements

 

At least seven weeks before:

• Confirm FPO date with your FPO committee
• Notify the Graduate Program Coordinator who your readers will be, date of the FPO and names of the examiners
• Distribute final draft of your dissertation to readers

 

More than two weeks before:

• Submit a final copy of thesis to the department
• Submit Prior Presentation and Publication form to the department
• Submit two signed Reader Report forms to the department
• Complete advanced degree application through TigerHub

        For an application to be considered complete, the following materials must be included:
 

Materials submitted by the student

• A copy of the title page, correctly formatted
• A copy of the abstract, 350 words or less
• A CV of any external examiner or reader. Committee membership from someone outside the University must be approved by the Graduate School prior to completion of the advanced degree application
• Ph.D. Dissertation Embargo Request and Approval form if applicable

Materials submitted by the department

• Request to Hold Final Public Oral
• Prior Presentation and Publication form reviewed and approved by adviser(s)
• Reader reports completed by principal readers of the dissertation

 

Three days before:

• Confirm that your FPO announcement has been posted 
   

Day of FPO:

• Bring a bound copy of the thesis to the FPO
• Confirm that the FPO Examination Report has the signature of FPO chair or DGS

 

The following items are due in Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library normally immediately after the successful completion of the FPO examination:

• Final Public Oral Exam Report signed by chair of FPO Committee or DGS (1 original plus 1 copy)
• One bound copy of the dissertation
• Print-out of confirmation e-mail from submission of dissertation to ProQuest/UMD ETD
• A $15.00 dissertation maintenance fee. (payable by Visa, MasterCard, or check payable to Princeton University Library)
• Payment of publishing and copyright fees, if applicable (the Graduate School requires traditional or open access publication and does not allow publication restrictions)
• If an embargo was requested, a copy of the Graduate School's embargo approval

 

The documents below must be submitted in hard copy to the Graduate School, Academic Affairs, 111 Clio Hall, normally immediately after the successful completion of final public oral exam:

• Final Public Oral Exam Report signed by chair of FPO Committee or DGS and Mudd librarian
• Survey of Earned Doctorates  - hard copy of the "Certificate of Completion" page of the SED
• Exit Questionnaire - hard copy of "Confirmation of Completion" page
• If currently enrolled, a completed Checkout for Students Departing the University form