SUPERVISION PLAN
The supervision plan will be enclosed to the application form for the right to study for doctoral degree. The supervisor/-s are written into the application form and they give their consent to the supervision and to the submission of the application by signing the supervision plan. The applicant must agree with the head of doctoral subject on the possibility to carry out the thesis work in a given subject (department) before applying. The head of subject gives her/his consent by signing the supervision plan.
1) Purpose
The supervision plan is made between the doctoral candidate and the supervisor. It complements the doctoral candidate’s personal study plan and the recommendations of the Faculty of the Medicine on supervision practices in doctoral studies. With this plan, the supervisor and the doctoral candidate agree to work in collaboration in the agreed timeframe (respecting the statutory leaves and absences though) with a completed PhD degree as the goal.
2) Parties to the plan
Doctoral Candidate
Name, student register number and contact information (phone/email/address):

UGIS Supervisor (= the supervisor who deals with administrative issues in the electronic UGIS portal, and who has the UTU credentials)
Name, post held and contact information (phone/email/address):

Supervisor
Name, post held and contact information (phone/email/address):

Supervisor
Name, post held and contact information (phone/email/address):

Roles and areas of responsibilities between the supervisors:

Name of the Doctoral Programme:

3) Content of the supervision plan
Target degree (Doctor of Odontology / Doctor of Health Sciences / Doctor of Medical Science / Doctor of Philosophy):

Topic of doctoral research:

Started (mm/yy):

Estimated time of completion (mm/yy):

Mode of attendance:	a) full-time
b) part-time (an estimate of the time disposable for research)

The supervisor and the doctoral candidate revise and update the supervision plan annually at the follow-up committee meetings.
Responsibilities of the doctoral candidate
•	to carefully prepare for the meetings and follow the agreed timetables
•	to perform research work and postgraduate studies with the supervisor's support, but independently and by showing initiative
•	to complete the agreed number of postgraduate courses annually
•	doctoral candidate is responsible for the progress of the research work and for informing the supervisor on the progress made according to the agreed reporting schedule and in the agreed way
•	to revise the postgraduate study plan and the research plan at least annually
•	to give a presentation on the progress of the thesis project once a year (or between other agreed periods) in the research seminar of the department, doctoral programme or comparable university unit
•	to inform the supervisor, thesis follow-up committee and the faculty/doctoral programme of all the changes that considerably affect working conditions, progress of the thesis project or keeping the agreed schedule
Responsibilities of the supervisor
•	to commit to supervise the doctoral candidate’s research work and doctoral education throughout all stages and respect the agreed timetables and deadlines
•	to give feedback regularly and within a reasonable amount of time
•	to familiarise the doctoral candidate with academic work and practical matters related to scientific qualifications (e.g. publications, conferences, researcher mobility, ethical principles) in a mutually agreed way
•	to compile a financial plan for the research together with the doctoral candidate and to assist the doctoral candidate in getting funding: give information on funding opportunities and write references when needed
•	to initiate the doctoral candidate into general research practices and policies concerning the rights, usage and publication of the materials and results of the research project in different financing models, and the rights and patents of inventions and materials developed in research projects
•	to assess whether the PhD thesis manuscript is ready for evaluation (together with the thesis follow-up committee)
•	to inform the doctoral candidate of any significant changes that affect supervision arrangements
4) Other details / aspects
The supervision plan expires if the doctoral candidate is transferred to passive register.
The doctoral candidate and the supervisor should familiarize with the Faculty of Medicine’s regulations concerning doctoral education (https://www.utu.fi/en/university/faculty-of-medicine/doctoral-training-at-the-faculty-of-medicine).
The doctoral candidate / supervisor is advised primarily to contact other follow-up committee members, the personnel of the doctoral program (coordinator or director), if any problems should occur. If the situation fails to be solved, the doctoral committee of the faculty will take the issue on its agenda (contact: Chief Academic Officer/Doctoral training)

We have discussed of the topic of the thesis work, the contents of the postgraduate studies, the realisation possibilities of the thesis project and other contents of the application for doctoral training and drawn up a supervision plan.

Signed on	 ___ /___ 20___

Signatures:

_____________________________		_______________________________
Doctoral candidate 			UGIS Supervisor

______________________________	_______________________________
Supervisor			Supervisor

Subject in doctoral training:

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Signature of the Head of subject		Clarification of the signature
in doctoral training