Essential Information for:
- Research Students
- Supervisors, DGTs & DAs
Regulations and Codes of Practice
- A Code of Practice for Graduate Research Degrees
- Academic Manual – Regulations and Guidelines for Research Degree Students
General information for doctoral researchers
- Doctoral Researcher Compass. How to enrich your research experience at UCL and beyond
- Doctoral School Welcome Event and Induction information
- Graduate study spaces
- Mental health and wellbeing for Research Students
- Support for Pregnant Students
Doctoral processes
- Upgrade from MPhil to PhD
- Study Leave
- Interruption or Withdrawal of Study
- Applying for Completing Research Status and Extensions
- Examination Entry (Research Degree)
- Viva and thesis submission Guidance
- Inclusion of published work in theses and self-plagiarism guidance
Policies
- Training policy for Doctoral Students and PGTAs
- Doctoral Researcher Parental Leave Policy
- Off-site Working (Research) Procedures/Risk Assessment
- Information for UKRI funded students
Information on research outputs
- Inclusion of published work in theses and self-plagiarism guidance
- Open Access Guide for PhD students
- Copyright
- Intellectual Property
- Research Publications Service
Key Links for Students
- Current Students
- Student Centre
- Student Funding Welfare Adviser Appointments and Drop-ins
- Registry’s online service for the UCL community
- Information for International Graduate Students
- PORTICO (Student Record)
Useful Contacts
Regulations and Codes of Practice
- A Code of Practice for Graduate Research Degrees
- Guidance on Appropriate Forms of Supervision of Research Degree Students
- Academic Manual – Regulations and Guidelines for Research Degree Students
General Information
- Doctoral Researcher Compass. How to enrich your research experience at UCL and beyond
- Doctoral School Welcome Event
- Information for Current Students
- Student Centre
- Registry's online service for the UCL community
- Scholarships and Funding – Administering Award Schemes
- Mental health and wellbeing for Research Students
- Supporting Students' Mental Health and Wellbeing: Staff Guide
- Research Services Research Studentships Web Pages
Professional Development
- Professional Development for Research Student Supervisors at UCL
- The Good Supervision Guide
- Appropriate Forms of Supervision
- Vitae Programme Resources: Supervising a Doctorate
- An Introduction to Examining Research Doctorates
- FGT Roles and Responsibilities
- DGT Roles and Responsibilities
- LERU Doctoral degrees beyond 2010: Training talented researchers for society
- LERU Good Practice Elements in Doctoral Training
- LERU maintaining a quality culture in doctoral education at research-intensive universities
Essential Procedures and Policies
- Staff Categories Eligible to Supervise Research Students
- EROS – Approval and Recording of Research Degree Supervisors
- PORTICO (inc. Fund Management/Form S)
- Funded Research Student Support: Policy and Offer Letter Template
- Upgrade from MPhil to PhD
- Departmental Upgrade Panel Report
- Study Leave
- Off-site Working Procedures/Risk Assessment
- Interruption or Withdrawal of Study
- Copyright
- Intellectual Property
- Plagiarism Policies
- Completing Research Status
- Examination Entry (Research Degree)
- Impact Statement Guidance Notes for Research Students and Supervisors
- Thesis Submission Form for Supervisors
- Examiners: Information and Forms
- Extension to Completing Research Status
- Research Publications Service
- Information on setting up and managing funded studentships – (including Je-S, Form S Payments, Maternity/Paternity, Interruption etc.)
- Support for Pregnant Students
- Monitoring the Supervision of Research Students
- Guidelines for Thesis Committees
- Poor Performance / Academic Insufficiency / Termination of Studies
- Research degree recruitment and programme approval