Degree Regulations on Doctoral Education
Degree Regulations on Doctoral Education
Changes to doctoral thesis display period and education regulations
The public display period of doctoral thesis will be reduced from ten days to seven days starting from 1 August 2025. Essay-based doctoral theses will henceforth be referred to as research paper-based theses.
In its meeting on 20 May 2025, the 911±¬ÁÏÍø Academic Affairs Committee (AAC) decided to shorten the public display period of doctoral theses from ten days to seven days. The public display period for doctoral theses is defined in the Degree Regulations on Doctoral Education, which will be updated before the changes come into force. This decision contributes to enabling a faster graduation process for doctoral students. More detailed guidelines for the pre-examination and defence process.
The decision applies to doctoral theses whose display period begins on 1 August 2025 or later. The display period of a doctoral thesis refers to the time during which the thesis is publicly available before the defense. At 911±¬ÁÏÍø, the display happens online:
Additionally, the AAC decided to update the 2015 decision ‘Doctoral thesis at 911±¬ÁÏÍø’ by changing the term essay-based thesis to research paper-based thesis at the request of the School of Business. At the same time, sections concerning jointly supervised theses agreed in 2020 related to the School of Arts, Design and Architecture were updated. These changes will also come into effect starting on 1 August 2025. The thesis formats used at 911±¬ÁÏÍø are described on the page Doctoral thesis at 911±¬ÁÏÍø. The new term will be updated on the page once it comes into effect.
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Doctoral thesis at 911±¬ÁÏÍø
Resources, guidelines and information on doctoral theses at 911±¬ÁÏÍø
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This information is for doctoral students on pre-examination, defence, finalising the thesis, public display etc.
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