Following a successful examination, the candidate presents the original and two unbound copies of the thesis to the Thesis Office of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, normally within two weeks of the examination. Since the candidate must be registered in the Faculty of Graduate Studies in the academic term during which the Faculty of Graduate Studies accepts the examined and corrected thesis, the student should consult the final submission dates for completed theses . The original and one copy of the thesis are bound for retention in the University Library System. Another copy of the thesis is bound and deposited in the appropriate program library. If so, the public lecture is followed, normally within 24 hours, by the Faculty of Graduate Studies oral examination.
Public lectures are open to all members of the community.
The candidate's Graduate Chair makes all the arrangements for the lecture. If at all possible, examiners should attend the public lecture. The candidate's program will make all arrangements for delivering copies of the thesis to members of the Board of Examiners and for scheduling the oral examination as well as scheduling the ad hoc committee meeting, if needed. The non-voting Chair shall be a Faculty member from the student's graduate program holding an academic appointment as Assistant Professor or higher and normally would be a member of the Faculty of Graduate Studies. The Chair will not have been a member of the student's advisory committee and will not be an examiner at the thesis oral defence.