Valid excuses for absence should be made known to the Dean of the Faculty at an early date. Before a decision regarding consent to publication is made or regarding assessment of the thesis, the author skall be provided with the opportunity to reply to the report which has been submitted by the Preliminary Reader or the Opponent. The author may, within 14 days after being informed of the decision of assessment, demand a reappraisal of the de- cision by the Rector, who may call in new experts. The procedure at the public defense of a doctoral thesis at bo Akademi 1. The Respondent, the Custos and the Faculty Opponent enter in that order the auditorium, in which the Public Defense shall take place.
Female participants wear black dresses without any hat.
If the Custos or the Opponent are Doctors, they carry their doctoral hats on entering and leaving the auditorium. When the Respondent, the Custos and the Opponent have taken their places in the order in which they enter, the Custos rises to announce on behalf of the Faculty Committee that the Public Defense of the Doctoral Thesis has commenced. 15 and 20 minutes, on a subject relevant to the thesis. On completion of the lectio, the Res- pondent may submit to the Opponent a list of observed misprints. This may also be duplicated and distributed to the audience.