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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Diplomverteidigung

English translation:

thesis defense

Added to glossary by Michaela Müller
Jun 24, 2002 11:58
21 yrs ago
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German term

Diplomverteidigung

German to English Other Education / Pedagogy
Is there a specific expression for this "event"?
Proposed translations (English)
5 +7 dissertation defense
5 +3 diploma defense
5 +1 to defend a diploma paper/thesis
4 viva voce
Change log

Feb 12, 2006 11:33: Maria Diaconu changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com Jun 24, 2002:
Diplomverteidigung I am not sure if diploma defense is right. I found it, too, but it sounds really "translated". I couldn't find it on sites with English origin.
By the way, I mean the Diplomverteidigung at a University of Applied Sciences (FH).

Proposed translations

+7
15 mins
Selected

dissertation defense

or thesis defense

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Note added at 2002-06-24 12:19:55 (GMT)
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The references cited above are from translations of foreign websites
Peer comment(s):
agree Alison Schwitzgebel : you certainly talk about "defending your thesis"...
20 mins
agree Louise Mawbey : thesis defense is used at Harvard, Stanford etc. (found on Google)
24 mins
agree Klaus Herrmann : Thesis defense - delivers a lot of hits from domestic universities, plus it's the term friend used when talking about oral exam (He's a professor at a New England university)
42 mins
agree Jeannie Graham
52 mins
agree Ted Wozniak : thesis defense/defendng one's thesis is correct
56 mins
agree Chris Rowson (X) : You "defend your thesis" as part of the examination process. I think this is AE as well as BE.
1 hr
agree Kim Metzger : My understanding is thesis is used in AE and dissertation in BE for master's degrees.
1 hr
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you and also the others for their comments! I'll chose thesis defense. (I will have mine on Wednesday.)"
+1
10 mins

to defend a diploma paper/thesis

I have found the verb, still looking for the noun

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Note added at 2002-06-24 12:10:07 (GMT)
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It\'s diploma defense

resume
... Shanghai, PR China. 10/1980 - 09/1983, Study at Technical University
Darmstadt, Germany. 09/1983, Diploma defense. Grade: Excellent. 10 ...
www.hs-zigr.de/~zhang/eng/resumeeng.html - 15k - Cached - Similar pages

Diploma Guidelines
... At the Diploma defense (it should not be thought of as an examination), the student
must demonstrate a thorough grasp of the topic and its related issues, must ...
gean5.pfmb.uni-mb.si/eng/text/diploma.html - 17k - Cached - Similar pages

MPEI dep.TWT
... Engineer with duration of 1.5 years on the Bachelor’s basis. This level completes
with diploma defense. All disciplines studied during training of the dipl. ...
twt.mpei.ac.ru/eng/educ.htm - 15k - Cached - Similar pages

Peer comment(s):
agree allemande
5 mins
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+3
12 mins

diploma defense

see answer above
Peer comment(s):
agree Georg Finsterwald
2 mins
agree allemande
3 mins
agree Bob Kerns (X)
40 mins
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1 hr

viva voce

Just another suggestion.... this was what it was called when I had to defend mine :-)
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