Forms & guidelines for graduate researchers
The guidelines and forms on this page are for graduate researchers, research supervisors, examiners and other staff involved in the delivery of graduate research degrees.
Managing your candidature
- Application for additional leave of absence (PDF, 282.42 KB)
- Composition of Panel Application eForm (login required)
- Application for confirmation of candidature (PDF, 395.96 KB)
- Candidature budget template (PDF, 812.69 KB)
- Candidature milestone review guidelines (PDF, 764.45 KB)
- Application for mid candidature review (PDF, 549.84 KB)
- Towards submission application (PDF, 300.93 KB)
- Application for leave of absence (PDF, 240.08 KB)
- Application for reinstatement of candidature (PDF, 172.62 KB)
- Assignment cover sheet - PhD coursework units (PDF, 54.62 KB)
- Unit of study enrolment amendment (PDF, 359.97 KB)
- Application for advanced candidature (PDF, 356.01 KB)
- Application for extension (PDF, 351.37 KB) can be used for:
- extension to pre-candidature
- extension to submit amended thesis
- extension to submit for re-examination
- application for a late submission date. - Space allocation guidelines for higher degree by research candidates (PDF, 220.69 KB)
Examination process
- Assessment of thesis quality and generic attributes (PDF, 42.45 KB)
- Guidelines for research degrees - thesis by creative project (PDF, 712.31 KB)
- Guidelines on thesis with publication (PDF, 729.63 KB)
- Guidelines for examiners of research doctoral degrees (PDF, 696.46 KB)
- Guidelines for examiners of research masters degrees (PDF, 696.33 KB)
- Guidelines for examiners of a Doctor of Education degree (PDF, 678.56 KB)
- Foreign influence transparency scheme – thesis examiner (PDF, 229.56 KB)
- Nomination of examiners (PDF, 296.46 KB)
- Nomination of examiners checklist (PDF, 605.02 KB)
- Replacement examiner nomination (PDF, 293.98 KB)
- Conflict of interest in higher degree by research thesis examinations (PDF, 224.97 KB)
*The principal supervisor is responsible to obtain a completed 'foreign influence transparency scheme – thesis examiner form' from examiners for whom they are nominating to examine the thesis. This form must be submitted with the nomination of examiners form.
Research classification
- Recommendation on doctoral thesis classification (PDF, 156.52 KB)
- Recommendation on classification of a Master Research Degree thesis (PDF, 209.16 KB)
- Summary of responses to examiners (PDF, 134.51 KB)
- Citation template (PDF, 179.34 KB)
- Guidelines for submission of thesis for classification (PDF, 68.95 KB)
- VU Research Repository submission and permission form (PDF, 135.27 KB)
- Restricted access to thesis form (PDF, 164.55 KB)
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