Who can be appointed as supervisors?
- A supervisor of a PhD candidate must have a PhD and/or qualifications as a professor or associate professor.
- The supervisors cannot have close personal relations with the PhD candidate or other persons in the supervisory team.
- Usually, the main supervisor must be an employee of the faculty.
The supervisor's obligations
Supervisors must actively work to:
- follow up the PhD candidate
- secure resources for the project
- ensure that the PhD candidate participates in an active research community
- make sure that the candidate publishes in high-quality channels
- remain up-to-date on the progress of the candidate's work and assess it in relation to the project description's progress plan
- follow up academic issues that may lead to a delay in execution of the organized research training, so that it can be completed within the nominal period of time
- provide advice on the wording and delimitation of the topic and issues
- discuss and assess hypotheses and methods, discuss results and their interpretation, discuss plans and execution of the presentation, linguistic form and documentation
- offer advice on the survey of academic literature and data in relation to the library, archives, etc.
- guide the candidate on issues of research ethics associated with the thesis
- ensure that the necessary permits are procured for use of the research data and that the obligations associated with use of data are met
Ethical guidelines
If you need to change supervisors
There can be many reasons for making changes to the supervisory group after admission. You apply for changes by filling out and sending in the form below. Deliver your filled out and signed form to your Department/unit contact person.
Problematic supervisory relationship
You should talk to your supervisor about how the supervision should be and how it will work. It is important that you do not let a poor supervisory relationship continue. If any problems arise, you should address them as soon as possible.
If you need help
Addressing the problems with your supervisor can occasionally difficult. If you need help, contact your department/unit contact person, who will follow up the matter and look for the best solution to the problem. In addition we have several support systems in place for PhD candidates.