Examinations

Preparing for your examination

Students who have successfully upgraded and completed up to Year 2 of their MPhil/PhD studies may be considered for Examination. Examination is inclusive of a student's thesis submission and viva where they are required to defend their thesis arguments to an examination panel consisting of internal and external examiners. A student must undergo Examination in order to be awarded their MPhil or PhD.

Please note that all doctoral researchers must submit their examination forms and thesis on PhD Manager (since 15 September 2019).

For candidates

Guidance on how to prepare your thesis for submission to SOAS Library and SOAS Research Online. (Please also see below if you are funded by RCUK).

• SOAS Research Online Requirements and Options PDF document, 125.88KB

Plagarism Declaration Templates

Please see below templates for Plagarism Declaration text which must be included with the submitted thesis:

• Declaration for SOAS MPhil Thesis Word document, 14.72KB
• Declaration for SOAS PhD Thesis Word document, 14.70KB Thesis Title Page Template

Thesis Title Page Template

• Thesis Title Page Template (Doc) or SOAS MPhil/PhD Title Page (PDF) - an example title page to be included in the thesis

For supervisors

• SOAS Guidance For Supervisors (pdf) A guidance document for supervisors in selecting appropriate examiners for their research degree students
• Nomination of Examiners must be completed on PhD Manager by the supervisor before the thesis submission.
• SOAS Guidance for Panels (pdf) A guidance document for panels in approving examiner nominations for research degree students
• PhD Thesis Submission to the Library and SOAS Research Online (pdf) Requirements, Processes and Guidance for Supervisors

For examiners

• Guidance for Examiners using PhD Manager (PDF, 1.73MB) - a guidance document for examiners of research degree students
• Guidance for Examiners for SOAS Research Degrees (PDF, 94KB) - a brief overview of the examination process

Research areas