- 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
II.1.2. External student
9. An external student is person who has not been matriculated to doctoral studies at the university but has been given the right to complete the doctoral programme, incl. to:
9.1. take exams and pass-fail evaluations for up to 30 ECTS in an academic year and
9.2. do research, incl. defend the doctoral thesis, in the volume prescribed by the doctoral programme.
10. To apply for the status of an external student in doctoral studies, the person must hold a master’s degree or equivalent qualification, prove language proficiency at the level stipulated in the Admission Rules in Doctoral Studies and have studied in the same or a similar doctoral programme in the past. The person must have previously completed at least 50% of the programme in which the person takes up studies as an external student, except in case of a doctoral curriculum opened before the 2022/2023 academic year. Before registering the person as an external student, the progress review committee assesses the completion of the programme in accordance with these regulations and the faculty’s progress review procedure.
11. To get the status of an external student, the person submits an application and the draft period plan approved by the potential supervisor to the vice dean for research, and upon the first application for the status of an external student, also a draft individual plan by the decision of the head of the specialisation of the doctoral programme. The status of an external student is granted for up to one academic year by a directive of the vice dean for research.
12. The vice dean for research may dismiss the application if
12.1. the university cannot provide a suitable supervisor;
12.2. the applicant has outstanding tuition fees to the university;
12.3. the applicant has previously failed to fulfil the individual plan, incl. has received a negative progress review decision or was not assessed;
12.4. for another valid reason.
13. Before registering a person as an external student, the relations between the external student and the university are defined by an agreement concluded between the university and the external student.
14. The university discontinues the external student’s studies by a directive of the vice dean for research based on an application by the external student or if the external student has failed to observe the university’s requirements concerning the organisation of study or internal rules.
