Outcome of the Examination

The Graduate Centre will convey the outcome of the examination to you and your supervisors and Head of School in writing.

Specified Amendments Outcome

It is advisable not to make any 'anticipated' amendments to your thesis; amendments (if required) should only be made on receipt of written notification of your final result from the Graduate Centre. Once you have received written notification of your final result, you are permitted a maximum of three months from the date of notification to undertake the required amendments and to lodge your final hardbound and electronic thesis copies, together with a completed 'Final Thesis Lodgement' form with the Adelaide Graduate Centre. Amended theses submitted after three months will not be accepted for the award of the degree.

Applications for additional time in which to complete amendments will be considered only when exceptional circumstances exist. Such an application, in writing and detailing the reasons for your request, must be endorsed by your Principal supervisor and the Head of School or Postgraduate Coordinator. The endorsed application must be lodged with the Dean of Graduate Studies

Revise and Resubmit

If the outcome of the examination is revise and resubmit, you are encouraged to discuss the result with your supervisors and to determine how much additional research and writing will be required before your thesis can be presented for re-examination. You have three months in which to decide whether to revise and resubmit and to notify the Graduate Centre of your decision. If you do not notify the Graduate Centre within this time, it will be concluded that you do not wish to revise and resubmit your thesis for examination. If you choose to revise and resubmit, the following procedures apply:

• You will be granted a maximum of 12 months of candidature from the date on which you notify the Graduate Centre that you wish to revise and resubmit in which to represent your thesis for examination. The 12-month time limit applies irrespective of whether you are a full-time or half-time student. However, any approved periods of leave of absence will extend your candidature expiry date.
• You are required to complete any annual review(s) which fall due during the revise and resubmit period.
• One month before you expected to submit your revised thesis, you will need to complete a 'Notification of Intention to Submit a Revised Thesis for Re-examination' form.
• On submission of your revised thesis for examination, you are required to provide a comprehensive statement outlining the substantive changes made to the thesis prior to resubmission together with a concise defence against any of the examiner(s)' recommendations for change that were not accepted.
• Under normal circumstances, the revised thesis will be examined by the original examiners. However, for valid academic reasons, the Research Education & Development Committee (REDC) may decide that the thesis be examined by different examiner(s). Such a decision is very rarely undertaken and will be made on a case-by-case basis.
• The examiners will be advised that your thesis has been revised and resubmitted and will be instructed to check whether or not the requirements for additional work specified by the original examiners and in your supervisor(s)' report and outcome letter, have been addressed.
• Examiners will also be advised not to introduce new areas of substantive concern in the re-examination.
• Examiners will be asked not to recommend an outcome of 'revise and resubmit' as the University's rules only permit a student to revise and resubmit his/her thesis for examination once.
• Following consideration by REDC, the outcome of the re-examination will be to award the degree (with or without amendments), or, to not award the degree.

Where the examination outcome is to award the degree with amendments, you will be permitted a maximum of three months from the date of notification of the outcome in which to undertake the required amendments.