FORM B

Certificate from the Supervisors of a Doctoral or Master-by-Research Thesis

This form must be submitted in hard copy with your thesis to Graduate Research.
IMPORTANT NOTES FOR SUPERVISORS:
1. If the form of presentation does not comply with the Guidelines on the Preparation and
Presentation of a Research or Professional Doctoral Thesis for Examination, supervisors
should indicate that the thesis does not comply and inform the candidate in writing as to the
reasons. A copy of this advice must be forwarded to Graduate Research
(res.cand@acu.edu.au).
2. Supervisors are asked to certify that they have seen a copy of the candidate's final submission and
that in their opinion the form of presentation of the thesis complies with the provisions of the
Guidelines on the Preparation and Presentation of a Research or Professional Doctoral Thesis for
Examination, and its requirement that all typographical errors have been corrected, that the spelling,
grammar and punctuation are correct and that the expression is worthy of a candidate for a higher
degree.
3. This certificate must be completed and accompany the thesis (three copies) when submitted for
examination. The thesis cannot be sent for examination until the completed certificate has been
provided.
4. It is the candidate's responsibility to arrange for completion of the certificate, by referring it to his/her
supervisors with a final copy of the thesis and a copy of the Guidelines on the Preparation and
Presentation of a Research or Professional Doctoral Thesis for Examination.
Section 1: For Completion by the Candidate
Student ID No:

Title: Given Names:

Family Name:
Address:
State:
Telephone:

Email:

Degree details
Faculty:

School / Research Institute:

Thesis / dissertation is submitted in

Total fulfilment of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy

Partial fulfilment of the degree of Doctor of Education
Total fulfilment of the degree of Master of Philosophy
Total fulfilment of the degree of Master of Theology (Research)
Partial fulfilment of the degree of Master of
Graduate Research
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Exact title of thesis (reproduced from the thesis title page):

Section 2: For Completion by the Supervisors

(Please tick as appropriate)
a. In compliance with the requirements of the Research and Professional Doctorate Degree
Regulations, I hereby state that I have seen a copy of the final typed thesis, and that:
The candidate is a doctoral / master-by-research candidate and has presented a presubmission of thesis seminar on the major results and conclusions emerging from the research
on _______/______/_________.
b. The form of presentation of the thesis:
complies with the Guidelines on the Preparation and Presentation of a Research or
Professional Doctoral Thesis for Examination, and its requirement that the candidate correct any
typing, spelling, grammatical and punctuation errors prior to submitting the thesis for
examination.
does not comply with the Guidelines on the Preparation and Presentation of a Research or
Professional Doctoral Thesis for Examination (see footnote below).
c.

The candidate's statement of sources:

is correct and complies with the statement set out in the Guidelines on the Preparation and
Presentation of a Research or Professional Doctoral Thesis for Examination;
is not correct and does not comply with the statement set out in the Guidelines on the
Preparation and Presentation of a Research or Professional Doctoral Thesis for Examination.

d. Ethics approval, where necessary, has been sought and approved by the University ethics
committee and a copy of this advice is included in the thesis:
Yes
No

Signature of Principal Supervisor:

Date: / /

Signature of Co-supervisor:

Date: / /

Signature of Co-supervisor:

Date: / /

Signature of Faculty Associate Dean Research:

Date: / /

NOTE: Supervisors who wish to make comments to Graduate Research about Section 2 (b) or (c) above are
requested to include these as an attachment to the form and forward to res.cand@acu.edu.au. Please
indicate whether you have discussed the nature of these comments with the candidate.

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