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 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 |
Fall Semester 2020
| Meeting | Deadline | Earliest possible date of defence |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-08-18 | 2020-08-04 | 2020-10-23 |
| 2020-08-31 | 2020-08-17 | 2020-11-06 |
| 2020-09-14 | 2020-08-31 | 2020-11-20 |
| 2020-09-29 | 2020-09-15 | 2020-12-04 |
| 2020-10-13 | 2020-09-29 | 2020-12-16 |
| 2020-10-26 | 2020-10-12 | 2021-01-22 |
| 2020-11-09 | 2020-10-26 | 2021-02-05 |
| 2020-11-24 | 2020-11-10 | 2021-02-19 |
| 2020-12-08 | 2020-11-24 | 2021-03-05 |
Defense dates
Spring Semester 2020: 7 January - 17 June
Fall Semester 2020: 10 August - 18 December
Spring Semester 2021: 7 January -23 June
Fall Semester 2021: 9 August -21 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
Lena Palmberg
Mattias Svensson
Other members
Susanna Brighenti
Dagmar Galter
Cecilia Götherström
Sigridur Kalman
Karin Loré
Per-Arne Lönnqvist
André Stark
Cilla Söderhäll
Eva Wikström-Jonsson
Charlotte Ytterberg
Agneta Åkesson
Student representatives
Benedek Bozoky
Yujiao Wu