Doctoral Education Requirements

General Conditions

With the implementation of the Graduate School at TU Delft, Doctoral Education (DE) will become mandatory for all PhD students, with the exception of internal and external PhD students. (Please see "Categories of PhD Students" for definitions.) PhD students of the EEMCS, IDE and ABE faculties who started their PhD programme on or after September 1, 2011 are obliged to follow the DE programme. For PhD students belonging to the remaining faculties, DE will be mandatory for those who started their PhD programme on or after January 1, 2012. All PhD students who started their PhDs in 2011 may choose to follow the DE programme, subject to the approval of their supervisory team, Faculty Graduate School Director and the Dean of their faculty.

The Board for Doctorates assesses whether the requirements of the Graduate School have been met and whether the full Doctoral Education Certificate can be awarded. If a PhD student does not meet the requirements of the Doctoral Education programme, (s)he may not claim entitlement to a DE certificate awarded by Delft Graduate School.

GS credits Requirements

The full Doctoral Education (DE) Programme is equivalent to 45 GS credits. An 8 hour course (incl. possible preparation/assignments) is equivalent to 1 GS credit. Aside from following DE courses/workshops offered by the Graduate School, you may also use credits earned following courses elsewhere to meet your DE requirements. Determination of which credits/courses may be used for this purpose and the amount of GS credits that this is worth, is to be determined in consultation with your Promotor / Daily Supervisor (according to the guidelines of your Faculty GS).

Please keep track of your obtained credits by using the attendance form for each and every course that you participate in. You can also use this form as a proof of participation of courses followed outside of the Graduate School. You can upload this form in DMA; thereby allowing you to keep a digital record of your DE progress.

N.B. The aforementioned Doctoral Education Requirements are subject to change. As of 1 January 2012, the regulations concerning Doctoral Education will be determined and be added to the Doctoral Regulations.