All doctoral defenses are open to interested members of the Georgetown academic community.
Guests who are not members of the examining committee may attend the presentation and questioning periods of the defense, but will be excluded from other portions of the defense. To view the schedule of upcoming dissertation defenses, click the VIEW link below. All Graduate School candidates for the Ph.D. must publicly defend their dissertation. Doctoral candidates must post their dissertation defense information to this site, using the link below, at least one week prior to the date of the oral defense. Click here to add your name to the list of upcoming defenses should click here.