Frequently asked questions
All external courses are subject to the acceptance of the education office.
Before the course: make sure that the course will be recognized by the doctoral program. Write an email to the PhD school coordinator with all relevant information concerning the course (content, duration, level, ...).
Then after the course: send a justificatif of participation to the PhD school coordinator with a copy of the acceptance e-mail.
After 18-20 months of the PhD thesis, a mid-thesis report must be written and be submitted to your supervisor and (an) external expert(s).
This report must be discussed during a mid-thesis meeting (at the latest 2 months later), where your supervisor and the expert(s) provide feedback on the progress of your project and give advice on the next steps. The expert(s) are selected by the doctoral student in consultation with the supervisor.
Copy of the mid-thesis report as well as a brief report of the mid-thesis meeting including the most important comments of the expert(s) have to be sent to the education office.
This report should be of help with the writing of your final PhD thesis. It should include an introduction, results, references, etc. It could also be publications linked together.
Suggestions: divide the report in chapters that can form the basis for the final thesis
