Lapsed Candidature

If you do not submit your thesis for examination (nor apply for an extension) before your candidature expiry date, your attendance status will be recorded as lapsed. The Graduate Centre will remind you of your approaching candidature expiry date, approximately two months in advance. Once your candidature has lapsed, you are no longer an enrolled student of the University and consequently, are not entitled to the rights and privileges, including access to University resources, facilities, supervision and insurance cover, associated with an active candidature.

A lapsed candidature can normally only be re-activated for the purposes of submission and then only if the submission takes place within 12 months of the lapse date. Approval of the Research Education and Development Committee is required for submission of a thesis when a candidature has been lapsed for longer than 12 months.