TLTO Doctoral Programmes, Internal Pre-examination
Internal review template according to TLTO process of examination

Internal Pre-examiner:____ ____________________

Doctoral Candidate: __________________________

Dissertation:__________________________________________________________________

	Yes	No	
Abstract (1 page) is informative			

	
a. Description of Author’s contribution is clear			
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b. Formulation of research objectives / hypotheses and questions are clear:			
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c. The background / the state-of-the-art is sufficiently / well presented:			
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d. Methodology is clearly presented:			
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e. Results and discussions are credibly presented :			
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f. Validity, reliability and limitations: (relevant more for monograph)			
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g. Conclusions/Summary and future outlook are defined			

	
h. In case of a compendium dissertation, all publications conform with  the criteria set in Guidelines for Pre-Examiners of Doctoral Dissertations, (document approved by Academic Board, May 28th, 2012): 
A compilation dissertation comprising several scientific publications, accompanied by a compendium that describes the background, objectives and methods and outlines the discoveries and results.  The articles may include co-authored publications, if they contain significant independent contributions by the candidate and his/her contributions are clearly identified. All publications included in the dissertation should be published, or accepted to be published, in peer-reviewed scientific journals or high-level international conference proceedings, or meet corresponding scientific criteria.  

Faculty rule: At this stage, the status of no more than one publication may be ‘submitted’ and it must be pending publication in an internationally recognized scientific publication channel employing the peer-review process. 
			
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i. Practice of referencing is appropriate			
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j. Language (based on sampling the text), mathematical expressions, figures, tables etc. are adequately confirming with what is generally required of a dissertation:			
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k. Need of the language revision before sending the manuscript to the pre-examination (maybe done already)