FORMS / For faculty

Besides the requirements listed in the CURRENT REGULATIONin parallel to the dissertation or thesis deposit, the advisor must forward a request of defense judgment committee to the CCP PPGEP, with the following proofs:

a) For Master’s students, forward to the CCP a proof of publication, acceptance, or submission, of at least one (1) article, matching the student’s line of research project, co-authored with the advisor, in an indexed journal with percentile equal or higher than 50% in the Scopus base or Web of Science – JournalCitationReports (JCR) database. The percentile refers to the journal’s best score. 

b) For Doctorate and Direct Doctorate students, forward to the CCP a proof of publication, acceptance, or submission of at least one (1) article, matching the student’s line of research project, co-authored with the advisor, in an indexed journal with percentile equal or higher than 75% in the Scopus base or Web of Science – JournalCitationReports (JCR) database. The percentile refers to the journal’s best score.

For the board composition:

a) in the case of Master’s, the list must contain seven (7) names, three (3) internal (including the advisor) and at least four (4) external, with at least two (2) outside of USP, to be full members and alternates.

b) In the case of Doctorate, the list must contain ten (10) names, three (3) internal (including the advisor) and at least seven (7) external, with at least two (2) outside of USP, to be full members and alternates.

c) No direct or collateral relatives within the fourth (4th) degree of the student, advisor, or other board members may participate in the examination board.

d) Board members must be registered in the Janus System. If necessary, please fill in the professor registrationportuguese or englishand send the document to ppgep@usp.br.

e) There must be at least one alternate for every full member in the request.

The judging committee request will be analyzed at a CCP meeting and forwarded to the CPG meeting, after the confirmation of the dissertation or thesis deposit at the EPUSP Graduate Secretariat. The defense must happen within 120 days from the committee appointment.

FORM – REQUEST OF MASTER’S OR DOCTORATE DEFENSE BOARD

– Circular (Circ.CoPGr/67/2022) sobre a autorização de bancas remotas.

– Formulários: Banca de Exame de Qualificação/Defesa.

To schedule a qualifying examination, the advisor must contact the examination board members appointed by the CCP-PPGEP and fill in the website form.

After the qualifying examination, the examination committee must record the recommendations in the minutes, with the candidate’s approval or not. Next, the advisor must hand the examination minutes and board participation certificates (if needed) to the secretariat, to be signed by the coordination.

• MODEL OF STATEMENT of participation of examination board members in the qualifying examination.
• QUALIFYING EXAMINATION MINUTES
• FOREIGN PROFESSOR REGISTRATION
• REGISTRATION OF PROFESSORS FROM OUTSIDE OF USP, AS BOARD MEMBERS

For additional information, please consult the CURRENT REGULATION.

FORM – REQUEST OF MASTER’S OR DOCTORATE QUALIFYING EXAMINATION BOARD