- 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
III. Following the curriculum
III. Following the curriculum
29. Students are required to follow the curriculum to which they have been matriculated.
30. Following the curriculum means taking the courses of the curriculum, specifically the modules prescribed by the curriculum or selected by the student, in the course system or the year system as described in clauses 36–38 and with the workload prescribed in clauses 39–43.
31. Students have the right to graduate from the university based on the version of the curriculum based on which they started their studies, provided their effective period of study does not exceed the standard period of study of the curriculum plus two years.
32. The standard volume of completing the curriculum is the cumulative volume of completing the curriculum which corresponds to the number of semesters the student has studied. 30 ECTS is added to the standard volume for each semester studied. A studied semester is a semester during which the student studies in the student place for more days than a half of the semester (more than 70 days) and during which the student was on academic leave and/or extended standard period of study for less than a half of the semester.
33. Based on the decision of the programme director, according to the learning outcomes of the curriculum and the modules, and the student’s specialisation, courses may be replaced in the modules selected to the student’s curriculum to the extent of up to 30 ECTS.
34. When assessing a student’s progress in following the curriculum, the university may accredit the student’s prior studies and work experience according to the conditions and procedure for recognition of prior learning (RPL), established in annex 3 to the regulations.
35. To support students in following the curriculum, the university organises intensive courses in the national language for students with insufficient knowledge of Estonian according to the procedure established in annex 2 to the regulations.
