Once your dissertation and associated approvals have been received by Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, we aim to transmit the dissertation to the External Examiner as soon as possible. We receive a lot of dissertations around deadline days. During these periods, it can take up to three business days to transmit your dissertation. Once the dissertation has been sent to the External Examiner, you will receive an email notification informing you of the External Examiner's identity, the date we are expecting their written report and your earliest possible defence date.
Please note: if your actual submission date is significantly different from the anticipated submission date provided on your Nominations for External Examiner form and you have not already been in touch to inform us of the change, there is likely to be a longer than usual delay before the dissertation is transmitted to the External Examiner. In these cases, we must first contact the External Examiner to ensure that they are still available to review your dissertation given the new timeframe.