SUPERVISION PLAN FOR DOCTORAL STUDIES IN THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE 
Doctoral Programme in Biology, Geography and Geology (BGG)

1.	PERSONAL INFORMATION

First names:	     	
Surname:	     	
Date of birth:	     	
Email:	     	
Phone:	     	

2.	MAIN SUBJECT OF THE PLANNED DEGREE (Please, choose one subject from the list)

 Biology (PhD, Department of Biology)
 Environmental science (PhD, Department of Biology)
 Biodiversity research (PhD, Biodiversity unit)
 Geography (PhD, Department of Geography and Geology)
 Physical geography (PhD, Department of Geography and Geology)
 Human geography (PhD, Department of Geography and Geology)
 Geoinformatics (PhD, Department of Geography and Geology)
 Economic geography (PhD, Department of Geography and Geology)
 Geology (PhD, Department of Geography and Geology)
 Geology and mineralogy (PhD, Department of Geography and Geology)
 Quaternary geology (PhD, Department of Geography and Geology)

3.	PLANNED TITLE OF THE DOCTORAL DISSERTATION

Title: 	     	

4.	SUPERVISION PLAN

The supervision plan is made between the doctoral researcher and supervisors. With this plan, the supervisors and doctoral researcher commit themselves to work in collaboration and in the agreed timeframe, with a completed degree as the goal. This plan will be updated when necessary. The plan expires if the doctoral researcher is transferred to the passive register.

SUPERVISORS
A doctoral researcher should have at least two supervisors. The principal supervisor should either be a Professor (Professor, Associate professor or Assistant professor) or hold Adjunct Professor (Finnish: “dosentti”) status and have an employment contract to the University of Turku. In an exceptional case, the principal supervisor can be a person who does not have an employment contract to the University of Turku. All supervisors have to hold a doctoral degree (Doctor). 

Principal supervisor (mandatory):
Name:	     	
Status or title: Professor/Associate professor/ Assistant professor/Adjunct Professor	     	
Affiliation:	     	
Email:	     	
Role and responsibilities in supervising:
     	

Other supervisor (mandatory):
Name:               	     	
Status or title (Professor/ Associate professor/ Assistant professor/ Adjunct Professor/ Doctor)	     	
Affiliation:	     	
email:               	     	
Role and responsibilities in supervising
     

Other supervisor (optional):
Name:               	     	
Status or title (Professor/ Associate professor/ Assistant professor/ Adjunct Professor/ Doctor)	      	
Affiliation:	     	
email:               	     	
Role and responsibilities in supervising
     

RESEARCH DIRECTOR (mandatory, in Finnish: “valvoja”):
The research director must be an employee of the Department / Unit in question (please, see section 2), whose title is professor. In an exceptional case, if there is no professor available, the associate professor can be nominated as a research director. A Professor Emeritus/-ita cannot be appointed as research director. The research director may also be one of the supervisors.

Name:	     	
Status or title: Professor 	      	
Email:	     	

FOLLOW-UP GROUP:                 Yes	 No         
Doctoral researchers can have a thesis follow-up group who is acquainted with the subject matter. The thesis follow-up group convenes at least once a year on the doctoral researcher’s initiative. The doctoral researcher must prepare well for the thesis follow-up group committee meetings to be able to present their research and its progress to the group.
Names of members of the advisory committee:	Title/position:	Email:	
     	     	     	
     	     	     	
     	     	     	
     	     	     	

Time plan of doctoral studies:
Starting date:	     	
Estimated time of completion of the degree:	     	
Mode of attendance:	Full-time	 Part time	

Agreed reporting and meeting frequency and the way that doctoral researcher reports about the progress of the research work:
     	

Other things agreed upon:
For example, the rights and use of the outcomes and material produced from the research project, principles of publishing, names and order of the authors in publications, rights and patents of the inventions produced from the research project.
     	

Responsibilities of the doctoral researcher:

The doctoral researcher has the primary responsibility for the progress of their dissertation.
-	the doctoral researcher carefully prepares for the meetings and follows the agreed schedule;
-	the doctoral researcher completes postgraduate studies independently with the supervisor’s support;
-	the doctoral researcher annually participates in the agreed number of postgraduate courses and ensures that they are appropriately registered;
-	the doctoral researcher is responsible for the progress of their research work and for informing the supervisor and the doctoral programme on the progress made according to the agreed reporting schedule and in the agreed manner;
-	the doctoral researcher informs the supervisor and the research director (+ possible follow-up group) of all changes that considerably affect working conditions, progress of the thesis project or keeping with the agreed schedule;
-	The doctoral researcher hands in an annual follow-up report of the doctoral programme. 

The duties of the supervisor are, among others:

-	to direct the doctoral researcher in planning and completing the postgraduate studies;
-	to direct the doctoral researcher in planning and completing the research and completing the thesis;
-	to follow the progress of research and postgraduate studies in accordance with the supervision plan;
-	to assist the doctoral researcher in making contact with other researchers in the field and with the users of the research;
-	a principal supervisor has to give a statement on the activeness of a doctoral researcher in
connection with doctoral researcher’s annual progress reporting;
-	to assist the doctoral researcher in applying for funding by providing information on available options;
-	to assist in career planning by having an annual discussion on the subject;
-	to ensure that a thesis written in a second language undergoes a language check if needed;
-	to be responsible for checking the originality of the thesis with the plagiarism detection system.
The duties of the research director are:
•	to monitor the progress of the research work and postgraduate studies annually in collaboration with
the supervisor;
•	to assume responsibility for the scientific level of the degree;
•	to ensure that the necessary conditions for the studies are maintained;
•	to accept the first personal study plan of a doctoral researcher and the application for the final grade
of the postgraduate studies module. The research director ensures that the required learning
outcomes of postgraduate studies are achieved with the completed postgraduate studies and thesis
work.
•	to ensure that the thesis as a whole meets the requirements regarding the extent of a doctoral thesis;
•	to make a proposal for the pre-examiners, opponent and chairperson (custos) of a doctoral thesis;
•	to provide the faculty with a statement approved by the supervisor, research director and doctoral researcher indicating the author’s contribution to the research if the thesis contains joint publications. The
statement must also tell whether a part of the thesis has earlier been used in another thesis or if such
use is being planned;
•	to ensure that the intended final version of the doctoral thesis is delivered to the faculty at
the same time as the proposal for pre-examiners; 
•	to ensure that the intended final version of the doctoral thesis is delivered to the examiners
by the doctoral researcher, supervisor or research director immediately after their appointment
to ensure that the doctoral thesis is delivered to the opponent by the doctoral researcher, supervisor or research
•	director immediately after the opponent has been appointed;
•	to help solve possible cases of disagreement in supervision

5.	PRELIMINARY PERSONAL STUDY PLAN (in the research field and other studies)

Applicant will make their personal study plan to complete required 40 ECTS credits of postgraduate studies together with the supervisors. The postgraduate studies have to be planned according to the current curriculum. 
Link to the BGG curriculum https://opas.peppi.utu.fi/en/programme/89279?period=2022-2024. 
Link to the courses on transferable skills organized by University of Turku graduate school https://opas.peppi.utu.fi/en/programme/90830?period=2022-2024. 
Link to the Master’s level courses https://opas.peppi.utu.fi/en/masters-degree-programmes/22230?period=2022-2024. Below is a general outline of the personal study plan in BGG, please fill in your planned studies. 

STUDIES SUPPORTING RESEARCH TOPIC	20-34	ECTS	
-          Postgraduate studies, 2-23 ECTS
-          Scientific Literature, 0-10 ECTS
-          Seminars and Doctoral training days, 2-10 ECTS
-          Teaching practice, 0-10 ECTS
-          Scientific publication which I not part of the PhD thesis, 0-4 ECTS
-          Research methods, 0-8 ECTS

			
STUDIES SUPPORTING MOBILITY AND PROFESSIONAL CAREER	2-10	ECTS	
-          Scientific conferences, 2-10 ECTS
-          Research visit, 0-4 ECTS
-          Professional internship, 0-6 ECTS

			
GENERAL STUDIES AIMING FOR EXPERTISE	4-10	ECTS	
-          Ethics of academic research (mandatory) 2 ECTS
-          Public outreach, 0-4 ECTS
-          Language and presentation skills, 0-8 ECTS
-          University pedagogy, 0-8 ECTS
-          Professional and career skills, 0-6 ECTS
-          Departmental activities, 0-5 ECTS

	2		
TOTAL	40	ECTS	

6.	SIGNATURES

APPLICANT:
Date:        	Signature	
	Applicant’s name      	

RESEARCH DIRECTOR:
I, the research director, am aware of the duties of the research director (described above) and confirm that the research plan is realistic and that the research can be carried out at the department / unit.
Date:        	Signature	
	Research director’s name      	

SUPERVISORS: 
I am aware of the duties of the supervisor (described above).
Date      	Date      	Date      	
Signature

	Signature
	Signature
	
Principal Supervisor’s name	Supervisor’s name	Supervisor’s name