- 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
VI.1. Filling vacant student places
VI.1. Filling vacant student places
92. A vacant student place can be announced if the number of students matriculated in the same year to study in the student places of a curriculum is smaller than the number of student places established for the curriculum for the given academic year.
93. The Office of Academic Affairs keeps an account of student places and announces vacant student places at the beginning of each semester on the university’s website. Vacant student places are accounted for separately per each study year, based on the standard period of study in the particular curriculum.
94. A vacant student place is filled by a public competition within four weeks of the start of the semester. The conditions of the competition and the application deadline are established by the faculty council.
95. Vacant student places in a curriculum are not filled in the autumn semester of the first study year.
96. People who meet the requirements regarding previous education to study under the curriculum, have completed the prerequisite courses specified in the curriculum and meet the requirements of the competition have the right to apply for a vacant student place.
97. When applying for a vacant student place, the student’s previous studies and work experience are taken into account according to the RPL procedure established in annex 3. The applicant must certify their proficiency in the language of instruction of the curriculum at least at level B2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
98. A student applying for a change of curriculum, the form of study and/or place of study can apply for a vacant student place, depending on the standard period of study of the respective curriculum, in the year the student place became vacant or in the preceding study year(s). Students studying in the extension year cannot apply for a vacant student place.
99. A person can apply for matriculation to a vacant student place if he/she has completed at least 50% of the standard workload of the curriculum when applying for matriculation to part-time study or at least 75% of the standard workload of the curriculum when applying for matriculation to full-time study. In the spring semester of the first academic year, a person can apply for matriculation to full-time or part-time study if he/she has completed courses in the volume of at least 15 ECTS. In the year system, a person can apply for matriculation if he/she has completed 100% of the compulsory studies of the previous semester’s workload as prescribed in the curriculum. A person can apply for matriculation only if he/she does not have any outstanding tuition fees to the university.
100. A vacant student place is filled by the directive of the vice rector for academic affairs based on the proposal by the vice dean for academic affairs, and when changing curriculum between two faculties, based on the consent of the vice deans for academic affairs of both faculties.
