To offer favourable, fair, and safe conditions for all Polytechnique Montréal students, the Direction des affaires académiques et de l’expérience étudiante has developed a guide for the conduct of thesis defences or presentations in person or in hybrid mode and by video conference only if imposed by the government in the context of the covid-19 pandemic.

La direction des affaires académiques et de l'expérience étudiante strongly recommends the physical presence of doctoral students for their thesis defense except in the event of major constraints.

• Guide for the Conduct of In-person Dissertation Defences and Thesis Presentations (.pdf)

• Guide for the Conduct of Dissertation Presentations and Thesis Defences via Video Conferencing (.pdf)

It is mandatory to use a template. A template is a style sheet that facilitates your work and ensures that Polytechnique publication standards are respected. The templates are available in two formats : Word (in English and in French) and LaTeX (bilingual template) on the Library website.

The purpose of this guide is to define the roles and responsibilities of each doctoral dissertation jury member, and to clarify conflict of interest between jury members and the student defending their dissertation.

• Guide for Doctoral Dissertation Jury Members (.pdf)
• Confirmation absence of conflicts of interest of a doctoral thesis jury (.pdf)
• Confirmation absence of conflicts of interest : 
  • President of a doctoral thesis jury(.pdf)
  • The Direction des études supérieures Representative (.pdf)
  • Member of a doctoral thesis jury (.pdf)
  • External Member of a doctoral thesis jury (.pdf)

The department officers of student files will be of very helpful in case of need. We invite you to contact them.