The PhD candidate reports the date of the defense to the coordination office within 2 weeks after the defense has taken place.

Application procedure:

To get the SSPH+ PhD Program Certificate, the following documents need to be sent to the coordination office (by email):

• Application form for final certificate (see templates and forms), in 2 copies:
  • 1 copy as Word file
  • 1 copy as PDF file, signed by the PhD candidate and by the supervisor
• One PDF of all course certificates or/and graduation record of home university
• PDF of thesis or link to it
• Scan of the final PhD diploma of the home university (can be submitted at a later date)
• for max. 1 additional ECTS: Proof of active participation at an international scientific conference (including acceptance of an abstract as first author and oral or poster presentation)

Requirements for the SSPH+ Final Certificate:

• Number of ECTS as agreed on the registration form has been collected
• All 3 main fields of public health are covered with a minimum of 2 ECTS each
• Annual doctoral committee meetings have taken place and the signed confirmation forms have been handed in
• A minimum of 3 scientific publications (at least 2 of them as first author) comprising at least:
  • 2 peer-reviewed articles accepted for publication at a scientific journal
  • 1 article accepted for peer review at a scientific journal