Finishing your doctorate and doctoral training
Regulations
Doctoral defense
Final evaluation of the Doctoral Training Programme (DTP)
If you have a faculty-mandated compulsory doctoral training curriculum (imposed by your faculty at the time of first enrolment), you have to submit your curriculum of the Doctoral Training Programme for final evaluation at least 20 working days before the date of the Faculty Board meeting at which you submit your doctoral dissertation.
If you do not have a faculty-mandated compulsory doctoral training curriculum, you do not need to submit your curriculum.
Credit certificates and certificates of attendance
Credit certificates or certificates of attendance are available upon request:
- Credit certificates can be awarded for regular course units published in the course catalogue of Ghent University and for regular course units organized by Ghent University's Doctoral School. If you scored at least 10 out of 20 for a regular course unit, you can request a credit certificate at your Faculty Student Administration.
- Certificates of attendance are available for specialist courses and seminars in transferable skills organized by the Doctoral School. If you successfully participated in a course or a seminar, you can request a certificate of attendance by e-mail to doctoralschools@UGent.be.