Errata

After submission of the thesis, you as a PhD candidate may apply for permission to correct formal errors (punctuation, typing errors, minor layout changes etc.) in the thesis. The PhD thesis will be assessed exactly as it has been submitted, and the corrections will not be sent to the evaluation committee. The application must include a complete overview of the errors (errata) which the candidate wishes to correct. A template for errata is available in Avhandlingsportalen (under the heading About the thesis template). The deadline for applying for correction of formal errors is one week after the candidate has received the recommendation.An errata may be submitted only once.

What are formal errors?

Formal errors include correcting spelling/typographical errors and pure grammatical errors, missing punctuation, correcting references, page layout, text format, etc. Correcting formal errors means that the text can be made more meaningful or linguistically correct; the meaning of the text cannot be clarified or altered. Changes to tables are not approved as errata.The regulation that no substantive changes can be made also applies if, prior to the defence, the candidate is notified that a submitted article has been approved or published by a publisher, but in reworked form. While the defence must be based on the submitted manuscript,the candidate may, in the preface to the thesis printed for the defence, refer to the final journal article.

An approved errata list must always accompany the thesis when changes are made. Neither the corrected version of the thesis nor the errata list shall be submitted to the assessment committee.

Changes in the thesis

You can edit the changes (errata) that have been approved for correction in the final version of the thesis that is printed and published in connection with the defense. The approved errata list must then be added as an appendix to the printed thesis.