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.


Spring Semester 2019

Meeting Deadline Earliest possible date of defense
2019-01-08 2018-12-13 2019-03-15
2019-01-22 2019-01-07 2019-03-29
2019-02-04 2019-01-22 2019-04-12
2019-02-18 2019-02-05 2019-04-26
2019-03-05 2019-02-19 2019-05-10
2019-03-19 2019-03-04 2019-05-24
2019-04-01 2019-03-19 2019-06-05
2019-04-29 2019-04-11 2019-06-19
2019-05-14 2019-04-29 2019-08-30
2019-05-27 2019-05-13 2019-09-13
2019-06-11 2019-05-23 2019-09-27

Fall Semester 2019

Meeting Deadline Earliest possible date of defense
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 2019-12-19
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

Defense dates

Spring Semester 2019: 7 January - 19 June

Fall Semester 2019: 12 August - 18 December

Spring Semester 2020: 7 January - 19 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

Erik Sundström

Lena Palmberg

Other members

Maria Eriksson

Mia von Euler

Claes Frostell

Cecilia Götherström

Sigridur Kalman

Mattias Svensson

Karin Loré

Per-Arne Lönnqvist

Herwig Schüler

André Stark

Margaret Sällberg Chen

Cilla Söderhäll

Agneta Åkesson

Student representatives

Benedek Bozoky

Katharina Susek

Contact

Questions about the public defence application

The Dissertation Committee

E-mail: disputation@ki.se

Administrative officer

Sofie Petersson

Phone: +46-(0)8-524 865 52
Organizational unit: Unit for Admissions, Graduation and Dissertation
E-mail: sofie.petersson@ki.se

Administrative Officer - the Dissertation Committee

Gunilla Hovén Malinowski

Phone: +46-(0)8-524 860 22
E-mail: Gunilla.Hoven-Malinowski@ki.se

Administrative Officer - the Dissertation Committee

Catherine Bollö

Phone: +46-(0)8-524 863 62
E-mail: catherine.bollo@ki.se