- 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.2. Workload
III.2. Workload
39. Students participate in studies either full time or part time.
39.1. In full-time study, students must complete at least 75% of the standard volume of the curriculum by the end of each standard study year. In the year system, students must complete 100% of the volume of compulsory courses by the end of each study year.
39.2. In part-time study, students must complete at least 50% but less than 75% of the standard volume of the curriculum by the end of each standard study year.
40. The following of the curriculum in the prescribed volume is assessed at the faculty after one standard study year (two studied semesters) has passed since the matriculation or last transfer of the student. The situation on the day preceding the beginning of the semester is used as the basis. The student is transferred to the next study year of the same curriculum as of the date of the beginning of the semester. If the time of taking a resit by a student studying in a year system is prolonged according to clause 53, the level of completion of the curriculum is assessed after that period. The workload is calculated based on the volume of courses completed, including with RPL, in credits.
41. The minimum workload a student studying full time in a course system must complete by the beginning of the second semester is 15 ECTS. A student registered as studying abroad must complete the minimum workload by the date established in clause 125.
42. Students studying in a course system are transferred to the next study year of their curricula
42.1. in full-time study, if the total number of credits completed by the student is at least 75% of the standard workload to be completed according to the curriculum to which the student has been matriculated;
42.2. in part-time study, if the total number of credits completed by the student is less than 75% but more than 50% of the standard workload to be completed according to the curriculum to which the student has been matriculated.
43. Students studying in a year system are transferred to the next study year of their curricula if they have completed 100% of the compulsory subjects of the previous year.
