- 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
I. General provisions
I. General provisions
1. Study Regulations (‘regulations’) regulate the organisation of teaching and studies at the first and second level of study at the University of Tartu (‘university’). The regulations are mandatory for all participants in the teaching and studies.
1.1. The responsibility for the lawful and purposeful organisation of teaching and studies in a faculty lies with the dean.
1.2. The dean appoints a vice dean for academic affairs to make decisions regarding the organisation of teaching and studies. If the dean has not appointed a vice dean for academic affairs, the dean will perform the duties assigned by these regulations to the vice dean for academic affairs.
1.3. A programme director of the curriculum is responsible for the organisation of teaching and studies.
1.4. The teaching staff member in charge of a course must ensure that teaching is conducted in a course according to the version of the course for the semester.
1.5. At a college, the rights and duties assigned to the head of an institute by these regulations are exercised by the director of the college.
1.6. If the rector has not appointed a vice rector for academic affairs, the duties of the vice rector for academic affairs are performed by a vice rector appointed by the rector.
1.7. The specificities of the organisation of teaching and studies in joint curricula are provided in the cooperation agreement of higher education institutions.
2. Degree studies at the university may be undertaken in the capacity of a student, a visiting student or an external student.
2.1. A student is a person who is matriculated to a degree-study curriculum of the university. A student is matriculated based on the directive of the vice rector for academic affairs; the directive specifies the beginning and the end of the study period based on the standard period of study of the curriculum. A student has the right to be matriculated to study based on one curriculum at a time.
2.2. A visiting student is a student of another higher education institution who is registered based on the student’s application to study at the university for up to one academic year by a directive of the vice rector for academic affairs. The home university of an international visiting student is a university operating in a foreign country. Studying as a visiting student is set out in chapter I of annex 1.
2.3. An external student is a person who is who has the right to complete the curriculum, including to take exams and pass/fail evaluations for up to 30 credits (“ECTS”) per academic year and/or complete practical training and/or take the final exam or defend a graduation thesis. Studying as an external student is set out in chapter II of annex 1.
3. The university’s official information exchange environment for the organisation of teaching and studies is the Study Information System. The organisation of the Study Information System is established by the rector.
4. The unit for calculating the time of studies at the university is the academic year. The workload of one academic year is 60 ECTS. The academic year is divided into two 20-week semesters, 140 days each. The academic year starts in the autumn semester on the Monday closest to 1 September. The dates of the beginning and end of semesters and other important deadlines of studies are established for each academic year in the academic calendar that is approved by the rector.
5. The unit of calculating the time and money for studies at the university is a student place, which is created based on the Admission Rules by the rector’s directive.
6. Studies take place as contact learning, practical training and individual work. Contact learning means studies in which both the student and the teaching staff member participate at the same time, including studies occurring in real time using two-way audio and video communication. Regular study is a form of study where contact learning is mainly organised on workdays. Block mode study is a form of study where contact learning is organised in a flexible manner in blocks, which can take place at weekends.
