Guidelines for Doctoral Studies

Requirements for Doctoral Studies | Regulations and Guidelines on Research Ethics  | Checklist for Postgraduate Students  | Practical Information on the Examination Process 

Requirements for Doctoral Studies 

You will find the instructions and orders concerning Licentiate's Thesis, Doctoral Dissertation and studies, from admission on to applying a degree certificate in this website through the navigation links on the left. These regulations came into effect on August 1^st, 2012. It is recommended to visit these web pages especially when the student is planning to hand in the manuscript of the thesis or of the dissertation to the examination process.

University regulations

Unversity of Tampere's Ragulations on Degrees and on the Assessment of Studies.

Regulations and Guidelines on Research Ethics

The regulations concerning the degrees of the School and other rules concerning the completion of degrees are available in the School Office. The Government Decree on University Degrees is available online http://www.finlex.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/2004/en20040794.pdf.

The University governing board has approved the guidelines concerning good scientific practise and procedures for handling misconduct and fraud in science. These guidelines are proposed by the National Advisory Board on Research Ethics which is nominated by the Ministry of Education. The guidelines are available at the following address: http://www.tenk.fi/en/function.html. 

Checklist for Postgraduate Students

Checklist for Postgraduate Students.

Practical Information on the Examination Process 

Please find the practical information for Ph.D Student concerning the examination process here:

• Licentiate's Thesis (pdf) 
• Dissertation process (pdf) 

PLEASE NOTE: there are some things in the instructions that the students are expected to do on their own initiative. The regulations should be followed carefully!