- 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
VIII.3. Entry into force
VIII.3. Entry into force
165. The Study Regulations approved by the Senate of the University of Tartu regulation no. 5 of 26 April 2013 and amended by regulation no. 23 of 20 December 2013, regulation no. 6 of 25 April 2014, regulation no. 17 of 19 December 2014, regulation no. 5 of 24 April 2015, regulation no. 8 of 29 May 2015, regulation no. 20 of 27 November 2015, regulation no. 5 of 2 May 2016, regulation no. 1 of 28 April 2017, regulation no. 4 of 27 April 2018, regulation no. 3 of 26 April 2019, regulation no. 1 of 31 January 2020, regulation no. 6 of 29 May 2020, and regulation no. 10 of 28 August 2020 are repealed.
166. The Conditions and Procedure for Recognition of Prior Learning and Professional Experience in Degree Study, approved by the Senate of the University of Tartu regulation no. 11 of 29 May 2015 and amended regulation no. 1 of 28 April 2017 and regulation no. 1 of 31 December 2020 are repealed.
167. Clause 87.3.3 of the Study Regulations applies to negative assessment results obtained as of the 2007/2008 academic year; negative assessment results obtained before that academic year have no meaning for the purposes of clause 87.3.3.
168. Clause 87.8 of the Study Regulations applies to students matriculated as of the 2013/2014 academic year.
169. Students matriculated before the 2018/2019 academic year may be matriculated simultaneously to several curricula at different levels of higher education.
170. In the 2021/2022 academic year, the rector has the right to issue decrees to establish derogations from the Study Regulations that are necessary to prevent the spread of the coronavirus causing COVID-19. The rector submits a report to the February 2022 session of the senate of the derogations established for the autumn semester and a report to the August session of the derogations established for the spring semester.
1701. Clause 87.81 applies to students matriculated as of the 2024/2025 academic year.
1702. The restriction provided in clause 101 that a student may apply for rematriculation when at least two years have passed since exmatriculation does not apply to students exmatriculated before the 2024/2025 academic year, except if the student was exmatriculated for improper behaviour.
171. The regulations take effect on 30 August 2021.
