After the exam – instructions

The exam report reaches the Graduation Procedures Office and thereafter an E-mail message will be sent to the student and the advisor detailing the approvals required for completing the final procedures.

Please send all of the scanned approvals via email to Graduation or via fax to 04-8295635.

A student requiring amendments will submit

  • Approval and list of amendments A student requesting to perform amendments to his thesis will do so according to the guidelines he will receive from the examiners committee during the exam. After completing the amendments he should send the following to the Graduation Procedures Office:
    • Approval of the examiners of the final version of the thesis (the approval date of the amendments must be prior to the approval date of submitting the amended file to the libraries).
    • Additionally, a list of the amendments performed after the examination will also be submitted. The list will be submitted signed by the advisor and the examiners designated as approvers of the amendments.
  • Copies for the examiners (only in the event this is required explicitly)
    If requested – the student will submit final and amended copies to the number of examiners who requested as such in the exam report.
    The copies will be transferred via the secretary of Graduate Studies in the department and the approval therefore will be sent to the Graduation Procedures Office.
  • Amendments submitted late (within one month from the exam date)
    If the amendments were submitted late, the Graduation Procedures Office will determine whether there is a fee for the delay.
    In the event that there is, please refer to the student accounts department and request a payment slip for the fee according to the following:

    • If the amendments were submitted for the examination of the examiners within one month – no tuition will be charged.
    • After one month the student will be charged in the amount of 10% of semester’s tuition (the months August – September will not be taken into account in this calculation).

After the payment, the approval should be submitted to the Graduation Procedures Office.

Any student, whether requiring amendments or not, will submit

  • Confirmation from the Central Library
    Central Library confirmation on the lack of debts. To receive the confirmation: please open an incident at the Technion HelpDesk , or email the circulation desk , or call 04-8292504/2521. The confirmation will be sent automatically to the Graduation Procedures Office.
  • Published summary
    A file written in the format of a published summary will be sent via email to Graduation. An additional copy, signed by the advisor (by fax or digitally scanned) will be sent to the same email address or via fax to 04-8295635.
    Instructions for creating the abstract.
  • Approval from the department library of depositing the thesis, the deposit form and the files.

The following should be sent to the departmental library:

  • A PDF file of the final version of the thesis (Appendices of any kind (incl. video, audio, graphs, maps, texts etc.) need to be contained separately in one ZIP file).
  • The deposit form completed and signed by the student and the advisors. Online deposit form. A student requesting that his thesis will not be permitted for the review on the internet and on the Technion’s internal network or on the internet alone will submit a request to delay the publication of the thesis – according to the instructions in the deposit form for the library. Please note: For the purpose of research identification, you will need to open an ORCID profile. Instructions are included in the deposit form and are available on the  Technion Libraries portal.
    The request should be sent to the graduation procedure office before sending the thesis PDF file to the library. The request should include:

    1. The reason for the delay.
    2. The time period for the delay- one or two years.
    3. Is the requested delay related to the thesis PDF file and the published summary or only to the thesis PDF file.
    4. An approval and signature of the advisor.

After the request will be processed the graduate dean’s approval will be sent by email to the student, the advisor and the departmental library.

The thesis will be converted in the library to PDF format, including protection from changes and will be stored in a digital database designated for Technion users and other users, according to the approval. Please ensure that after the performance of the conversion process of the thesis file into PDF format, it may be searched for in English (whether referring to the main language or whether this is referring to a secondary language). The file may be converted in a manner that will permit search in two languages (English/Hebrew).
Obligations for the submission date
If there are remaining obligations, they must be submitted to the Graduation Procedures Office.

In addition, if the department has additional requirements, or if a “entry/exit” form is required – their completion and submission to the department must be confirmed.

Students studying in the joint economics program at the Technion and Haifa University

  • Student required to perform amendments to his thesis This shall be performed according to the instructions received from the examiners committee during the exam.
    After completing the amendments, he must send the following to the Graduation Procedures Office:

    • Approval of the examiners to the amendments (the approval date of the amendments must be prior to the approval date for submitting the amended copies to the libraries).
    • Additionally, he will also submit a list of the amendments performed after the exam. The list will be submitted signed by the advisor and the examiners designated as approvers of the amendments.
  • Student not required to perform amendments to his thesis
    He will produce one copy of his thesis and will have the advisor/ advisors sign it.

The student will arrive, after calling to coordinate in advance, at the Graduation Procedures Office in the advanced degrees school at the Technion, and will have the Dean of the Graduate School sign the copy.

The following should be sent to the departmental library:

  • A PDF file of the final version of the thesis (Appendices to the thesis will be sent as a separate ZIP file.
  • The deposit form completed and signed by the student and the advisors. A student requesting that his thesis will not be permitted for the review on the internet and on the Technion’s internal network or on the internet alone will submit a request to delay the publication of the thesis – according to the instructions in the deposit form for the library.
    The request should be sent to the graduation procedure office before sending the thesis PDF file to the library.The request should include:

    1. The reason for the delay.
    2. The time period for the delay- one or two years.
    3. Is the requested delay related to the thesis PDF file and the published summary or only to the thesis PDF file.
    4. An approval and signature of the advisor.

After the request will be processed the graduate dean’s approval will be sent by email to the student, the advisor and the departmental library.

The thesis will be converted in the library to PDF format, including protection from changes and will be stored in a digital database designated for Technion users and other users, according to the approval. Please ensure that after the performance of the conversion process of the thesis file into PDF format, it may be searched for in English (whether referring to the main language or whether this is referring to a secondary language). The file may be converted in a manner that will permit search in two languages (English/Hebrew).
Obligations for the submission date

Once all of the graduation approvals reach the Graduation Procedures Office, the file of the student will be checked in order to ensure that all of the graduation proceedings were completed properly. If documents are missing or an amendment is required for any of the submitted documents, the Graduation Procedures Office will contact the student. The responsibility to ensure that the file is complete and finished is on the student alone.

The date for eligibility for the degree is set forth as the date of the departmental library approval. After completing the academic requirements and the financial obligations, the student’s file is ready for the examination by the Degree Committee. The Degree Committee of the Technion convenes six times annually (on an average of once every two months, and less frequently during the summer). The Degrees Committee examines the basis of the students’ files and checks whether the students have complied with all of the academic requirements and fulfilled all of their requirements at the Technion.

After the approval of the Degrees Committee, a list of degree recipients is transferred for the approval of the Technion’s Senate members. Within five days from the date the notice was sent to the Senate, if there is no opposition, the approval for eligibility that includes approval for the completion of studies and an approved grade list is sent out. The documents are sent to the student’s email address.

The diplomas are granted in a ceremony once per year.