Research Element Requirements - Year 4

To monitor your overall progress throughout your programme, you will have a Thesis Committee consisting of your supervisors and one or more members who are independent of the supervisory team.  A member of the DTP Academic Committee will chair each Committee.

Each student is responsible for meeting the following Research Milestones in Year 4 of the programme (of 6 or 12m duration depending on programme):

3.5 Year Degree

Thesis Submission - End of February

• Each student will submit a thesis by the end of February.

4 Year Degree

4th Year Review - End of January

• Each student will have a meeting with your Thesis Committee to review progress on your Thesis Plan. This meeting should take place by end of January at the latest.
• Students are responsible for arranging their Thesis Committee meeting at a time that suits all members. We recommend that this is organised early to ensure a suitable time can be found prior to the deadline of end of January.  
• Once organised, students should confirm the date of the Thesis Committee meeting to precision.medicine@ed.ac.uk.

Thesis Submission - End of August

• Each student will submit a thesis by the end of August.

Additional Information

• Following thesis submission each student will undergo a viva.
• Please see the Thesis Submission Process page for full details regarding submission and the viva.