The interim attestation for students taking NUST MISiS postgraduate programs is conducted twice a year: from January 9 until January 31 (winter attestation) and from June 1 until June 30 (summer attestation). Each attestation is performed in two stages:
1. Stage one — attestation at the level of the department (for each attestation)
A postgraduate student submits his/her progress report and (jointly with his/her academic advisor) drafts a departmental decision on attestation for the current academic session; upon successful attestation, the student submits his/her attestation sheet and individual curriculum for the next academic session signed by the academic advisor and head of department for attestation at the level of the institute.
2. Stage two — attestation at the level of the institute (for each attestation)
A postgraduate student submits documents to the Science and Technology Council of the institute and, upon successful attestation, files the same for approval by the director of the institute.
Upon the interim attestation, a postgraduate student may be “attested”, “conditionally attested” in case of adjourning attestation for cause (scholarship accrued) or “not attested”. Those who fail to pass the interim attestation in terms of grasping academic courses are entitled to repeat failed tests/exams, but not more than two times. If the “conditional attestation” determination is preserved at the next attestation, the student is expelled from NUST MISiS.
Successfully passing the attestation means (provided that all the requirements are met):
Attestation for the first year covers:
- discussing the dissertation framework at the level of the department and approving the theme (1st half of the year);
- compiling the historiographical and experimental/source study base (2nd half of the year);
- successfully passing PhD exams in history and philosophy of science, foreign language, and
- availability of successfully passed tests and examinations in disciplines (modules).
Attestation for the second-third year covers:
- discussing a portion of the PhD dissertation at the level of the department;
- speaking at the academic conference;
- preparing at least two refereed articles for publication, including one article devoted to the topic of research in the journal on the list of the State Commission for Academic Degrees and Titles;
- successfully passing the PhD professional examination, and
- availability of successfully passed tests and examinations in disciplines (modules).
Attestation for the fourth year covers:
- interim and final discussions of the PhD dissertation at the level of the department (1st and 2nd halves of the year);
- publication of at least three refereed articles (cumulative for the entire period of studies) in journals on the list of the State Commission for Academic Degrees and Titles, and
- availability of successfully passed tests and examinations in disciplines (modules) and completion of the educational program in general.
