Deadlines and important dates - the Dissertation Committee
The Dissertation Committee has a meeting every other week, except for the summer period. The dates below are set to give you enough time for all stages of the dissertation process. You may only defend your thesis and have your constituent papers pre-reviewed within the defence dates.
Fall Semester 2019
| Meeting | Deadline | Earliest possible date of defence |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-20 | 2019-08-06 | 2019-10-25 |
| 2019-09-03 | 2019-08-20 | 2019-11-08 |
| 2019-09-16 | 2019-09-02 | 2019-11-22 |
| 2019-09-30 | 2019-09-16 | 2019-12-06 |
| 2019-10-15 | 2019-10-01 | 2019-12-18 |
| 2019-10-29 | 2019-10-15 | 2020-01-17 |
| 2019-11-12 | 2019-10-29 | 2020-01-31 |
| 2019-11-25 | 2019-11-11 | 2020-02-14 |
| 2019-12-09 | 2019-11-25 | 2020-02-28 |
Spring Semester 2020
| Meeting | Deadline | Earliest possible date of defence |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-07 | 2019-12-09 | 2020-03-13 |
| 2020-01-21 | 2020-01-07 | 2020-03-27 |
| 2020-02-03 | 2020-01-20 | 2020-04-09 |
| 2020-02-17 | 2020-02-03 | 2020-04-24 |
| 2020-03-03 | 2020-02-17 | 2020-05-08 |
| 2020-03-17 | 2020-03-03 | 2020-05-20 |
| 2020-03-30 | 2020-03-16 | 2020-06-05 |
| 2020-04-14 | 2020-03-26 | 2020-06-17 |
| 2020-04-28 | 2020-04-14 | 2020-08-14 |
| 2020-05-11 | 2020-04-23 | 2020-08-28 |
| 2020-05-26 | 2020-05-11 | 2020-09-11 |
| 2020-06-08 | 2020-05-25 | 2020-09-30 |
Defense dates
Spring Semester 2019: 7 January - 19 June
Fall Semester 2019: 12 August - 18 December
Spring Semester 2020: 7 January - 17 June
Fall Semester 2020: 10 August - 18 December
The Dissertation Committee is appointed by the Committee for Doctoral Education to oversee compliance with the examination rules and to ensure the highest possible quality of theses published by Karolinska Institutet. The Dissertation Committee has meetings both in Solna and in Huddinge.
Dissertation Committee Members
Chairmen
Mia von Euler
Lena Palmberg
Other members
Cecilia Götherström
Sigridur Kalman
Mattias Svensson
Karin Loré
Per-Arne Lönnqvist
Herwig Schüler
André Stark
Cilla Söderhäll
Charlotte Ytterberg
Agneta Åkesson
Student representatives
Benedek Bozoky
Katharina Susek