The graduation phase in Hora Finita follows a sequence of steps after the supervisor planned the PhD Defence Ceremony. The PhD candidate can then submit their manuscript and authorship statement to the PhD supervisor for review.

1. The PhD supervisor judges if the manuscript and authorship statement is ready for assessment by the Manuscript Committee.
2. The next step for the PhD candidate is to submit their propositions.
3. On request the PhD supervisor proposes members for the Assessment Committee.
4. The proposed composition goes through an approval process.
5. Once appointed the Assessment Committee members assess the thesis and also consider if is it worthy to be considered for 'cum laude'.
6. Should it be considered 'cum laude' worthy a separate process will be started where two external referees (to be suggested by the first supervisor) will be asked to asses the manuscript. After this, a decision is made whether or not the cum laude procedure will be continued.
7. Following approval of the manuscript, the PhD candidate will be asked to submit the title pages and cover. Upon submitting their title pages and cover the PhD Office will review it.

All relevant steps in the graduation process are listed in the PhD Checklist overview on your dashboard in Hora Finita. This overview contains:

1. A description of the steps you are required to perform along with links to the corresponding page in Hora Finita.
2. The party who is responsible for performing the step.
3. The date when the step has been performed which is automatically filled in.
4. A check indicating whether the step has been completed or not. A green check indicates that a step has been completed.