The response that the opponent prepares is a document confirming the scientific level of the thesis

The withdrawal of an official opponent refers to regulatory documents and information materials on the examination of dissertations.

The procedure for defending the thesis provides for the appointment by a specialized academic council of a number of officials who give an unbiased evaluation of the research. The opponent is a competent scientist in a specific field of science who is able to conduct an exhaustive and objective assessment of the dissertation in accordance with certain principles and requirements. He should summarize the content of the work with the evaluation characteristic and critical remarks.

An obligatory element of the debate during defense is the opponent's response, read out during his speech at the meeting of the special council. The scientist prepares his opinion on the examination given for the examination on the basis of a detailed preliminary acquaintance with him.

Traditionally, two experts are required to defend the Ph.D. thesis . One official opponent is a candidate of sciences, another is a doctor. To defend the doctoral, three references are required, provided exclusively by doctors of sciences. The document should be sent to the council in the proper form and with remarks no later than 10 days before the defense day so that the dissertator could get acquainted with it and prepare comments.

The main components that the opponent should display in the response are:

• The relevance of the selected topic;
• The degree of argumentation of the provisions of scientific novelty;
• Level of presented conclusions and recommendations for application of the results;
• The completeness of the display of research data in scientific publications and the informativeness of all sections of the thesis.

Argumenting the relevance of the work, it is necessary to identify links with state scientific programs, promising areas of development of science and technology.

The provisions of scientific novelty are a very important aspect in any thesis. The opponent reliably and objectively displays the strengths and weaknesses of the opponent, without exaggerating or diminishing the researcher's contribution.

The review must include the key issues that are being investigated, and also briefly present their own opinion on their decision: whether the methods are chosen correctly, the degree of importance of these problems is high, whether the results are correct.

If any allegations raise doubts, encourage discussion, the opponent must indicate and declare.

One of the main tasks in the preparation of a response is to determine the significance of the work for science and practice and to indicate the scope of application of the results obtained.

As a result, the opponent indicates the compliance or inconsistency of the content of the passport with specialties, makes a proposal for awarding a scientific degree.

In the review it is necessary to note the completeness of the results obtained and the description of the progress of the study, and also to point out the inaccuracies in the design. It is inadmissible to incorrectly use other people's scientific works, lack of references to authorities. In addition, all the scientific work of the candidate can comment on the recall of the opponent. These are articles in specialized publications, activity at various conferences, practical developments and acts of their implementation.

In the event that the recall indicates a low level of work, this should be reasoned according to all requirements.

The opponent is the participant of the awarding ceremony of the degree. Accordingly, he is responsible for the objective and truthful information provided by the documentary.