Request for Oral Examination

This form is required for all School of Medicine graduate students admitted to a PhD or master's thesis degree program, and must be approved four (4) weeks prior to the student's oral examination. Prior to submission, students must have submitted Advancement to PhD Candidacy (PhD only) and Request for Advisory Committee forms. Additionally, it is advised that student and mentor discuss exit timelines post-defense (closing out and/or transfer of research, final day in the lab, terminating employment [GRU represented students only], etc.).


Before you complete this form: please work with your program coordinator to reserve a space for your seminar and oral exam prior to submitting this form.


PhD Students: the Oral Exam Committee must include no fewer than four (4) members of the Graduate Faculty who do not all have primary appointments in the same department or institute. The committee must include at least one (1) member who is not a member of the student’s dissertation advisory committee.


Master's Students: the Oral Exam Committee must include no fewer than three (3) members of the Graduate Faculty who do not all have primary appointments in the same department or institute.


Additional Guidelines:

a) The committee must be chaired by a member of the Graduate Faculty. See List of SoM Graduate Faculty

b) Oral exams must occur within an academic term (i.e., not during academic breaks between terms).

c) The student’s mentor should serve on the exam committee but may not serve as the Chair. Students may request permission to replace one of the committee members by a recognized scholar who is not a member of the Graduate Faculty. These requests must include a short letter from the Program Director and a NIH-style biosketch for the proposed member(s).


It is the student and programs responsibility to ensure that committee members meet all requirements prior to submission of this form. Once the form has been successfully routed, the student and program representative will receive a confirmation via email.


Questions? Contact Graduate Studies at somgrad@ohsu.edu

 

Student Information

 

Please list the "U" before the ID number (e.g. U12345678)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Please indicate your academic probation status. Note that students make not take the oral examination if they are on academic probation.

 

Please indicate if you have any incomplete (I) grades on your transcript. Note that students make not take the oral examination if am incomplete (I) grade(s) remains on their transcript.

 
 
 
 

MM/DD/YYYY

 
mm/dd/yyyy
 
 
 
 
 

Please enter the date you anticipate turning in your dissertation to the library.

 
mm/dd/yyyy
 
 

Committee Chair's Information

 

Please indicate if this member served on your dissertation or thesis advisory committee. Only PhD students must include at least one (1) member who is not on their dissertation advisory committee.

 
 

(e.g. MD, PhD, MS)

 
 
 
 

Mentor's Information

 

Please indicate if this member served on your dissertation or thesis advisory committee. Only PhD students must include at least one (1) member who is not on their dissertation advisory committee.

 
 

(e.g. MD, PhD, MS)