Oral exam instructions

Before you begin, read through the oral exam guidelines from the Faculty of Graduate Studies.

Note: The oral examination will normally be open to the public unless confidentiality arrangements are in place for your project.

Schedule your exam

Meet with your supervisor to set a day, time and location for your oral examination.

• when selecting a date, plan to complete corrections at least 5 business days following your exam
• if this is your final term, the last day to submit your final report and other documents is:
  • Spring term: April 30
  • Summer term: August 31
  • Fall term: last working day in December

Please email the date/time/location of your oral examination to the BME program coordinator.

Oral exams checklist

Complete page 1 of the checklist of non-thesis oral examinations and email it to the BME program coordinator at least 15 business days (not including weekends and statutory holidays) before the examination.

Once your supervisor has approved your technical report, send it to your supervisory committee and the BME program coordinator. Your supervisor is responsible for sending your report to the examination chair.

Apply to graduate

If this is your final term, complete the application to graduate through Online tools.

You will need a credit card to pay the graduation application fee.

After your oral exam

After the oral examination, revise your project/report as needed and receive approval from your supervisor.

Submit the revised report to the BME program coordinator.