Obtaining a doctoral degree

Introduction

• Why get a doctoral degree
• Arts and Philosophy as host institution
• Possible doctoral degrees
• Doctorate procedure
• Supervisors, advisory committee, examination board

Support

• Doctoral training programme
• Financial support
• Dissertation template
• Printing and binding services
• Psychosocial welfare at work
• Ombudspersons

Registration and enrolment

• Key dates
• First enrolment
• Annual re-enrolment
• Final enrolment
• Making changes to your enrolment
• Tuition fee and bench fee

Submission and assessment

• Key dates
• Additional publication condition
• Article-based doctorate
• Submission
• Examination Board
• First deliberation
• Public defence and pledge of scientific integrity
• Practical aspects, gowns, beret, ...

My role as ...

• Doctoral student
• Administrative supervisor responsible
  
• Supervisor (= co-supervisor)
  
• Member of the doctoral advisory committee (DBC)
  
• Expert in the examination board
  
• Rapporteur in the examination board
  
• Chair of the examination board
  

Documents and more information

• Doctoral regulations of the faculty [2025-2026]
  
• Charter for doctoral students and supervisors
• Faculty guidelines on authorship (staff only)
• Form authorship protocol (.doc)
• Form for requesting small changes to the enrolment (.doc)
• Step-by-step - submitting a dissertation (.pdf) - new
• Form for submitting a dissertation with defence outside Ghent University (.doc)
• List of chairs of the examination boards (.pdf) (in Dutch)

• Dissertation template: how to write a dissertation in Word (in Dutch)

• Biblio: import a dissertation from Plato to Biblio
• Meeting dates of the Faculty Board (in Dutch)

Contact

All administrative questions related to your PhD: fsa.lw@ugent.be