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PHD STUDENT
(joint PhD)
WHAT IS A JOINT PHD?
The joint PhD is designed to encourage
international mobility among PhD students,
to contribute to the development of scientific
cooperation between researchers, and
to establish partnership agreements with
foreign higher education institutions.
The research and thesis preparation work
will be carried out in both institutions, during
successive periods, determined by both
supervisors with the approval of the PhD
student.
ADMISSION AND REGISTRATION
PROCEDURE
There are two separate procedures:
1) Admission and/or registration at ULg
2) Drafting and signing of the joint PhD
agreement
NB: The student must also be formally
registered with a partner institution.
He/she is responsible for obtaining
information about the relevant
procedures within such institution.
Before the joint PhD agreement is drafted,
the student must satisfy the admission
criteria for the PhD degree concerned.
•
The student must contact his/her
supervisor and the relevant doctoral
school.
•
Foreign students (both EU and non-EU
citizens) must then complete the relevant
admission forms.
For more information, visit the website of the
Admissions Service .The PhD admission procedure is dependent
on the rules and regulations in force within
each partner institution. The student must
have received the consent of the relevant
authorities within each institution.
Once he/she has obtained the necessary
documentation, the student must attend the
Admissions Service in person.
TUITION FEES
The student must remain a registered
member of both institutions throughout the
entire period of his/her studies, but may be
exempted from paying tuition fees at one of
the institutions.
However, in order to obtain a PhD degree
from the French Community of Belgium, the
student must pay full tuition fees to ULg at
the point of initial registration. The student
must also pay the relevant administrative and
insurance fees for each year.
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