Processes and Formats

Titulation process

1. Beginning of the graduation process with the degree project
Student delivery to email mpintado@uazuay.edu.ec with a copy to the Director of the Program the following scanned documents.

Request to start the process.
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Official letter of support by the director of degree work.
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Degree work design.
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Postgraduate Department requests the Director of the Program appointment of a court, which is subsequently authorized by the Postgraduate Director

Postgraduate Department notifies the court of its appointment and the date of support is coordinated

The student sustains on the designated date. The court fills out the Design Support Certificate (certificate format, and signature format) with one of the following options:

Approved without modifications.

Approved with modifications: student has 15 days to make the changes. Student submits again with a letter from the director of degree work that guarantees that the changes have been made.
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Failed: student must again raise another topic for their graduation project.

The documentation that the student must carry in print on the day of the support of the design of the degree work is filed.
2. Review and support of degree work
Student delivery to email mpintado@uazuay.edu.ec with a copy to the Director of the Program the following documents:

Request for review of degree work.
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Evaluation rubric issued by the degree work director
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Turnitin report issued by the director of the degree work (allowed percentage of 8%). If the director does not have a Turnitin account, the Graduate Department must be informed to create the Turnitin account at mpintado@uazuay.edu.ec. In the event that the director of the degree work is external to the university, the director of the Master's Degree must be notified, who will be the person in charge of issuing the Turnitin report.

Degree work in pdf (50Mb).

The Postgraduate Department receives and dispatches to the respective court. The court has 20 working days to deliver the report, which can be:

Report with qualification on 30 points.

Report with observations and without qualification for a new delivery of the student in 15 calendar days.

Once the qualification of the 2 members of the jury is available, the student is notified.

Once their grade is known, and if it exceeds 70%, the student must send to the email mpintado@uazuay.edu.ec:

Degree work in pdf (50Mb) corrected and complete, in the format established by the Postgraduate Department or in the format established by the Program (if different, request the format from the Program Director). The degree work must contain an abstract (150 words) translated by the student into English, but validated by the director of the degree work through his or her signature.
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Clear and legible scanning of the ID on a single sheet.

Clear and legible scan of the third level degree title.

The Postgraduate Department enters all the documentation and a link is generated for the student with which they must upload the information requested in the repository. Once loaded correctly, it is assigned a support date.
3. Beginning of the graduation process with a complex exam
Student enrolls in the complex exam by submitting the application to email gmora@uazuay.edu.ec, with a copy to the Program Director.
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The Deputy Director and Postgraduate Academic Coordinator authorizes the appointment of a court that will be in charge of the complex examination process.

In the case of being the first graduation process and being within the program deadlines, the student is sent the comprehensive exam guide, prepared by the court.

In the case of NOT being the first degree process and/or being outside the program deadlines, the student is notified of the payment that must be made before sending the exam guide.

Student takes the exam in the modality and date defined by the court.

If the student passes, for his degree he must submit:

Clear and legible scanning of the ID on a single sheet.

Clear and legible scan of the third level degree title.

If the student does not pass, he must cancel the value of 500 USD to take a complex grace exam. For which she must submit an application and once the value has been cancelled, the new date is indicated.
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4. Late titling process
If the student has not started their degree process within the program development period, they must request a status of academic status from the Postgraduate Director by email directora.posgrado@uazuay.edu.ec.
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The Postgraduate Department reviews the student's academic status and, based on that, issues a resolution with the student's degree options, plus the corresponding amount to be paid. Options can be:

Degree work + 2 credits to update knowledge, or

Comprehensive exam + 2 knowledge update credits. NOTE: This option applies only to professional postgraduate courses.

Once the modality has been defined and the corresponding values have been cancelled, the process is the same as detailed in the previous numerals.
5. Second titration attempt
Those students who have not completed their degree work within the established deadlines, including extensions, or who have failed their first degree attempt, must request their academic situation status from the Postgraduate Director by email directora.posgrado@uazuay.edu.ec.
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The Postgraduate Department reviews the student's academic status and, based on that, issues a resolution with the degree options, plus the corresponding amount to be paid. Options can be:

Degree work + 2 credits to update knowledge, or

Comprehensive exam + 2 knowledge update credits. NOTE: This option applies only to professional postgraduate courses.

Once the modality has been defined and the corresponding values have been cancelled, the process is the same as detailed in the previous numerals.
6. Third titration attempt
"SPACE UNDER CONSTRUCTION"
7. Extensions
Students must submit their degree work by the end date of the program; if they do not do so, they must request the respective extension in accordance with the following:

The students of the promotions that entered as of August 25, 2020, have the right to a first extension of six months without cost, a second extension with cost, and a third extension with cost, for the delivery of their degree work. Students from previous promotions are only entitled to two extensions, one without cost and the other with cost.

For the request of the respective extensions, the student must present an application (Extension request), together with an official letter of support from the director of the degree work.
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