Completion of PhD education

Completion

 

Division of responsibility when completing the PhD education

Objective: The PhD work shall maintain a high international standard. The thesis must contribute to developing new academic knowledge at a level that indicates that it can be published as part of the scientific literature in the field.

PhD candidate

  • is responsible for all content in the doctoral work and that it meets high international standard, professional and research ethical standards and applicable legislation
  • is responsible for completing the doctoral work and the training component within the given time frame
  • shall submit an application for submission of the doctoral thesis with all attachments
  • shall account for  their contribution to any joint work and obtain co-author declarations from all co-authors
  • is responsible for submitting the thesis for printing, in accordance with HVL's format and guidelines
  • is responsible for preparing a press release in Norwegian in accordance with HVL's guidelines
  • is responsible for preparing and holding a trial lecture on a given topic, as well as public defence for the PhD degree

Supervisors
  • shall ensure that the doctoral work satisfies applicable laws, regulations and quality requirements prior to submission
  • shall contribute to ensuring that the doctoral work can be completed within the specified time.
  • It is the responsibility of the main supervisor to notify the programme committee that the candidate is close to submitting his/her thesis, in order for the necessary preparations to start
  • the main supervisor shall propose nominees for the assessment committee and request declaration of Impartiality. We recommend that the work to nominate the assessment committee should be done in dialogue with the Head of programme who will submit the proposal to the programme committee

Institute
  • shall be responsible for the reception after the public defence, if relevant

PhD programme committee
  • is responsible for approving the thesis for assessment, upon application from the candidate
  • is responsible for recommending the assessment committee for the candidate, relying on a well-reasoned proposal by the main supervisor.

 

Faculty (Dean and Academic Head of the PhD programme/PhD coordinator)
  • shall ensure that declarations of impartiality from all members of the evaluation committee are available
  • handles appointing the assessment committee, based on recommendation from the PhD programme committee
  • handles informing the candidate and the assessment committee about the current regulations for evaluation, trial lecture and public defence
  • handles announcing the trial lecture and public defence on HVL's website in cooperation with the Division of Communications
  • covers the printing costs for the specified number of theses determined by the faculty
  • handles conducting the trial lecture and public defence, within current regulations
  • is responsible for arranging the reception after the public defence, by agreement of the relevant institute
  • is responsible for awarding degrees and diplomas in cooperation with the Examinations Office
  • is responsible for following up with the candidate and main supervisor if the thesis is not approved for public defence.