Study and Supervision Plan

Supervision of Doctoral Studies / Reporting on Progress of Studies and Research / Study and Supervision Plan / Research Plan / Forms / Studies in Other Schools

Supervision of Doctoral Studies

Each doctoral student is assigned one or two supervisors. At least one of the supervisors must be a professor or docent employed at the University of Tampere. In special cases, a student can have more than two supervisors. If need be, the Dean can decide to assign a student a new supervisor. Follow-up groups can be used as assistance in supervision.

Reporting on Progress of Studies and Research

Studies and supervision in doctoral programmes are intended to last for four years, and a doctoral degree should be completed in five years. Doctoral students must report on the progress of their studies and research to the School once a year.

Study and Supervisory Plan

Each doctoral student must draw up a personal study and supervisory plan together with his/her supervisors. The plan must specify intended doctoral coursework, course schedule and other modes of study, and the schedule and publication plan for the dissertation. The plan must be drawn up during the first term of a student's doctoral studies, and his/her dissertation supervisor must approve it. The plan can be submitted to the School's Committee for Doctoral Education for the Committee's information. Approval of the study and supervisory plan will be entered into the study register at the School. The plan must be updated once a year.

If a doctoral student has not been in touch with the supervisor in 2012 but is anxious to continue his/her studies, the student must
- familiarise him/herself with the School's website for Doctoral studies with the instructions and regulations
- write a new-form study and supervisory plan
- if needed, update also the research plan
- contact the supervisor and make an appointment for a meeting. The contact must be taken by the end of the year 2012.

Research Plan

In addition, doctoral students must draw up a research plan, which can be discussed in the doctoral seminar.

Forms

Form for Study and Supervisory Plan and other forms relating to doctoral studies are available on the School's website.

Studies in Other Schools

When a student has been granted the right to pursue doctoral studies and has enrolled as present, he/she can take courses in other schools if this has been agreed with the school offering the course and if it has been included in the student's personal study plan. If a student takes a course in another school, the curriculum guide and regulations of that school will be followed.