- 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. Studying as an external student
II. Studying as an external student
8. The status of an external student may be applied for by a person who meets the requirements regarding previous education needed to take up studies under the respective curriculum and the prerequisites established for admission to the curriculum in the admission rules.
9. The status of an external student is granted for up to one academic year by a directive of the vice dean for academic affairs. To get the status of an external student, the person submits to the vice dean for academic affairs an application including the list of courses to be completed. The directive of the vice dean for academic affairs and the application serve as a basis for registration for courses according to chapter II.3 of the regulations. The relationships between the external student and the university are defined by a contract between the university and the external student.
10. The vice dean for academic affairs may dismiss the application if
10.1. the applicant does not meet the requirements established in the course or curriculum or the admission requirements of the curriculum;
10.2. the maximum number of people attending the course has been reached;
10.3. teaching the course has already started;
10.4. the applicant has outstanding tuition fees to the university;
10.5. the applicant has committed academic fraud or demonstrated improper conduct within two years before applying;
10.6. the applicant has a valid punishment for an intentionally committed offence;
10.61. the applicant has not studied in the corresponding curriculum in the past;
10.7. there is another valid reason.
11. If the applicant has received a negative result in a course four times (three times in the year system) as an external student, the applicant does not have the right to apply for the completion of this course as an external student within two years of the last negative result.
12. Student’s rights and obligations related to the organisation of studies, assessment of learning outcomes, completion of studies, academic fraud and improper behaviour, and contesting decisions are applied to external students according to clauses 7–86, 107–113 and 140–160.
13. The university discontinues the external student’s studies by a directive of the vice dean for academic affairs if the external student
13.1. has submitted the corresponding application;
13.2. has not complied with the requirements of the university’s Study Regulations or internal rules;
13.3. is matriculated to a vacant student place of the same curriculum.
