Doctoral Education Board (FUN)

Tasks

The tasks of the Doctoral Education Board are:

• to prepare matters in advance of decisions by the Disciplinary Domain Board;
  
• to propose the establishment and discontinuance of a doctoral subject in advance of decision by the Disciplinary Domain Board;
  
• prepare proposals for subject-specific parts of general study plans for decision by the Disciplinary Domain Board,
• to establish revisions of subject-specific parts of general study plans upon delegation of authority from the Disciplinary Domain Board;
  
• propose suspension of admission to a doctoral subject, in advance of decision by the Working Committee;
  
• to take decisions on credit transfers for mandatory courses in research ethics;
  
• to establish the range of faculty-wide doctoral education courses and publish an online course catalogue;
  
• to monitor work on individual study plans and completion;
  
• to bear responsibility for general quality work;
  
• to bear responsibility for information provided to professors responsible for doctoral education;
  
• to ensure that the faculty’s supervisors are offered training;
  
• to collaborate with the departments’ directors of doctoral education;
  
• to collaborate with the Educational Board of Science (NUN) and the Educational Board of Engineering (TUN);
  
• to collaborate with other faculties and higher education institutions