So, you’ve defended your dissertation, and you’ve passed it. What happens after that?
At UCalgary, I met with my supervisor afterward, and she brought to my attention a few edits that the examination committee requested be made to my work. It took a few days of thinking on the topic, and a few adjustments were made, along with an addition to the work.
Once those changes were made, I returned my dissertation to my supervisor who went through them, and further assisted with some editing to my work. After that process, my supervisor took care of the signatures from the examination committee, and she provided me with a list of the files that I would need to fill out and submit to the Faculty of Graduate Studies in order to be awarded my degree at the spring convocation in June.
I filled out the paperwork, and sent it to the email address that was provided to me for the purposes of submitting these forms. The date that the Faculty of Graduate Studies received my completed paperwork is considered to be the date that I completed my degree (although I was permitted to begin using the title “Doctor” following the successful defence.
After Faculty of Graduate Studies had all the paperwork, they opened the UCalgary Prism Vault to my login, and I was tasked with uploading my dissertation to this vault. My dissertation is now logged in this vault, and I will convocate in June.
With respect to deadlines, the end of the winter term is at the end of April. I had until the end of April to log my paperwork in order to convocate. HOWEVER, I had to fill in the “apply to graduate” paperwork prior to the end of March. Although at the time of applying to graduate, I had not yet successfully defended, it was acceptable for me to apply to graduate, knowing that if I failed the defence, I would be denied graduation.