- Regulations for Doctoral Studies
- I. General provisions
- II. Doctoral Studies
- II.1. Learners in doctoral studies
- II.2. Supervision
- II.3. Filling a vacant student place
- II.4. Organisation of study
- II.4.1. General principles
- II.4.2. Period of study, suspension of doctoral studies and changes to the period of study of doctoral students matriculated to doctoral programmes opened from the 2022/2023 academic year
- II.4.3. Workload, academic leave and extending the period of study of doctoral students matriculated to doctoral curricula opened before the 2022/2023 academic year
- II.4.4. Individual plan
- II.5. Progress review
- II.5.1. Progress review schedule
- II.5.2. Progress review committee
- II.5.3. Documents required for progress review
- II.5.4. Progress review meeting
- II.5.5. Decisions of the progress review committee
- II.5.5.1. Decisions of the progress review committee regarding learners in doctoral studies in doctoral programmes opened from the 2022/2023 academic year
- II.5.5.2. Decisions of the progress review committee regarding learners in doctoral studies in doctoral curricula opened before the 2022/2023 academic year
- II.5.6. Repeat progress review and appealing a progress review decision
- II.6. Exmatriculation
- III. Applying for Doctoral Degree
- III.1. Completion of the doctoral programme
- III.2. Council awarding doctoral degrees
- III.3. Requirements for doctoral candidate
- III.4. Requirements for doctoral thesis
- III.4.1. General requirements for doctoral thesis
- III.4.2. Doctoral thesis as an integrated collection of research publications
- III.4.3. Doctoral thesis as a monograph
- III.4.4. Requirement for research publications and the introductory chapter
- III.4.5. Requirements for patents, patent applications and applied solutions
- III.4.6. Structure of the doctoral thesis
- III.5. Allowing a doctoral thesis to be defended
- III.6. Publication of the doctoral thesis
- III.7. Defence of the doctoral thesis
- III.8. Applying for doctoral degree and defence of the doctoral thesis under a joint supervision agreement
- III.9. Contesting and overruling the decisions of the council awarding doctoral degrees
- III.10. Preservation of the doctoral thesis
- IV. Implementing provisions
- Study Regulations
- I. General provisions
- II. Courses and modules
- III. Following the curriculum
- IV. Assessment
- V. Completion of studies
- VI. Filling vacant student places and rematriculation
- VII. Additional rights and obligations of students
- VII.1. Notification
- VII.2. Counselling
- VII.3. Making adaptations in studies
- VII.4. Giving feedback
- VII.5. Studying at other higher education institutions in Estonia
- VII.6. Studying at higher education institutions abroad
- VII.7. Academic leave
- VII.8. Extension of studies
- VII.9. Good academic practice
- VII.10. Contesting decisions concerning the organisation of studies
- Annex 1. Studying as a visiting student or external student
- Annex 2. Intensive study of Estonian
- Annex 3. Recognition of prior learning and professional experience
Regulations for Doctoral Studies and Study Regulations
IV. Implementing provisions
178. The Regulations for Doctoral Studies established by the Senate of the University of Tartu Regulation no. 4 of 28 May 2021 is repealed.
179. A student matriculated before the 2018/2019 academic year may be simultaneously matriculated to several curricula of different levels of higher education.
180. The provisions of the regulations referring to doctoral programmes also apply to doctoral curricula opened before the 2022/2023 academic year, unless specified otherwise.
181. Programme directors of doctoral curricula opened before the 2022/2023 academic year have the rights and duties given to the heads of the specialisation of the doctoral programme.
182. The progress reviews in the 2021/2022 academic year take place according to the provisions of the Regulations for Doctoral Studies in force until the entry into force of these regulations.
183. Doctoral students matriculated to doctoral programmes opened from the 2022/2023 academic year are not eligible to take academic leave or get the extension of the standard period of study due to studies at a foreign higher education institution or intensive study of Estonian as stipulated in the Study Regulations.
183¹. The faculty council establishes the additional conditions for awarding doctoral degrees, specified in clause 98, by 1 September 2024. Until the additional conditions for awarding doctoral degrees are established, the provisions of the council’s procedure rules concerning the requirements for the submission of documents, including the number of copies of the doctoral thesis to be submitted, the procedure for organising the defence and voting at the defence, the publication of the third research article specified in clause 108.2 and the additional conditions for the research publication with ETIS publication category 3.2 specified in clause 116.2, apply.
184. The regulations take effect on 1 August 2022.
