Doctoral Programs Coordinator
Kelsey Sims
Office of Graduate Studies
Throughout these steps to degree completion, Kelsey will be answering your questions and reviewing your materials.
Related resources
NOTE: Departments may have earlier deadlines. Please check with your advisor or graduate handbook.
Supervisory Committee
Deadline: Prior to the completion of 45 credit hours.
You will be notified by email when your committee is approved.
For full policy, see Supervisory Committee in the Graduate Catalog.
Form: Appointment of Supervisory Committee Form: Change of Supervisory CommitteeProgram of Studies
Deadline: At least 45 credit hours remaining to be taken.
NOTE: Requests to change an approved Program of Studies must be submitted by the student’s major advisor via email to the Doctoral Programs Coordinator. DO NOT submit a new Program of Studies.
For full policy, see Program of Studies in the Graduate Catalog.
Form: Program of StudiesComprehensive Examination & Candidacy
Deadline: date TBD
For full policy, including registration requirements, see Comprehensive Examination and Candidacy in the Graduate Catalog.
The comprehensive examination must be completed 7 months prior to graduation.
The Application for Admission to Candidacy form must be submitted when language and research tool requirements have been met and the comprehensive examination(s) have been passed.
Form: Application for Admission to CandidacyPreparation for Graduation
Deadline: date TBD
Failure to complete this step will result in a diploma not being ordered for you and your graduation date will be postponed.
Form: Hooding ParticipationApplication for Final Oral Examination
Deadline: date TBD
For full policy see Final Oral Examination in the Graduate Catalog.
Form: Application for Final Oral ExaminationDissertation Rough Draft Submission
Deadline: date TBD
For full policy see Dissertation in the Graduate Catalog.
- Formatting resource: Preparing a Dissertation.
- Following approval by the major advisor, the dissertation and abstract should be presented to the Reading Committee for review at least four weeks prior to the oral examination (defense).
Final Dissertation Review
Deadline: date TBD
For full policy see Dissertation and Final Oral Examination in the Graduate Catalog.
Upload to ProQuest
Deadline: date TBD
NOTE:
- UNL Digital Commons upload is optional, but encouraged.
- If students want to make their dissertation available in Digital Commons, they must to follow the UNL Digital Commons process.
- Upload only after approval by Graduate Studies.
Deposit Fees
Deadline: date TBD
NOTE: This payment is not part of your student account. You will receive email confirmation of this payment.
Report of Completion and Final Required Dissertation Actions
Deadline: date TBD
Note: Ph.D. students must complete the Survey of Earned Doctorates. The Doctoral Programs Coordinator will automatically receive a notice of completion.
Form: Report of CompletionThe PDF forms on this page are Reader-Enabled: you can type in the form, save the PDF on your computer, then later reopen the file and change what you typed — if you use a current version of Adobe Acrobat software, such as the free Acrobat Reader. Other PDF-reading software may or may not support these features. See also: Troubleshooting Forms.