After a student's successful dissertation defense, the final version of a thesis must be submitted to both the student's home department at MIT and WHOI's Academic Programs Office.
Per MIT/WHOI Joint Program policy, unless major revisions are required, the thesis must be submitted to the MIT and WHOI Education Offices no later than two (2) weeks after the defense. If major revisions are required, the student's Thesis Committee, through the Chair of the defense, will make a recommendation to the Chair of the discipline Joint Committee for the deadline by which the final revised thesis must be submitted. The Chair of the discipline Joint Committee has the responsibility to seek advice as rapidly as practicably from the discipline Joint Committee and then set a deadline, communicate that deadline to the student, the thesis committee and the Joint Program Director at MIT and Dean at WHOI. Failure to meet the deadline can result in denial of further stipend and tuition support by either the Director of the Joint Program at MIT in consultation with the Department Head at MIT or by the Dean at WHOI in consultation with the Department Chair at WHOI. All other MIT policies and Joint Program policies with respect to continued registration also apply.
