- 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.5.6. Repeat progress review and appealing a progress review decision
82. If the learner in doctoral studies was not assessed pursuant to clause 79.4 or 81.4, the progress review committee has the right to allow the learner in doctoral studies to repeat the progress review, if there were good reasons for the failure to submit the documents or being absent from the meeting. A proof of good reasons must be submitted to the progress review committee within five working days of the date of the progress review meeting or immediately after the removal of the cause of non-compliance.
83. If the doctoral student has been given an additional period to improve performance specified in clause 79.2, a repeat progress review takes place after this period.
84. If these regulations or the faculty’s progress review procedure has been violated during the progress review process, the vice rector for research may overrule the progress review decision and require the progress review committee to assess the learner in doctoral studies anew within 14 days after overruling the decision.
85. If the learner in doctoral studies does not agree with the decision of the progress review committee, the learner has the right to submit a written appeal to the vice dean for research within seven days from the announcement of the decision of the progress review committee. To review the appeal, the vice dean for research convenes a progress review committee in a new composition within five working days from receiving the appeal. The committee makes a decision on the appeal within seven working days from convening the committee. Minutes are recorded of the committee’s meeting and its decision can be challenged within 30 days from the announcement of the decision by submitting a new appeal to the appeals committee specified in clause 153 of the Study Regulations who will then review the appeal according the procedure provided for in the Study Regulations.
86. If the appeal has been submitted to contest the number of credit points given for research in the course of progress review, the committee convened by the vice dean for research specified in clause 85 is entitled to leave the number of credit points given for the research the same, increase the number of credit points given or decrease it. The appeals committee specified in clause 153 of the Study Regulations has no right to change the number of credit points given for research.
