After the provisional thesis is submitted, the process is as follows:

• the supervisor proposes the Jury’s composition to PDEEC Coordinator;
• PDEEC Coordinator nominates the Jury and its Chairperson;
• the Jury has 2 Rapporteurs, who will deliver appraisals of the thesis;
• after receiving the appraisals, the Jury Chairperson conducts the 1^st meeting of the Jury, to take a decision on the provisional thesis, which can be the acceptance for public defence, or the request of changes;
• upon acceptance of the provisional thesis, the Jury Chairperson schedules the public defence;
• the public defence has a maximum duration of 2h30, within which, at the beginning, the student gives a 30-minute presentation of the work;
• the thesis approval is done by majority vote of the members of the Jury;
• after approval, the student has to deliver the final version of the thesis, where minor corrections are still possible.

The final qualification can be:

• Rejected,
• Approved,
• Approved with Distinction,
• Approved with Distinction and Honours.