This page refers to the main requirements for individual plan, progress review and doctoral candidate, as well as links to guidelines and document forms.
First-year doctoral student
Doctoral students matriculated in the 2024/2025 academic year will compile and submit their individual plan and period plans in TEEK. For the 1st year doctoral student, TEEK became available on the 9th of September 2024.
NB! User of TEEK does not have to fill in the .docx forms and upload them to SIS! The planning and reporting take place based on electronic forms in TEEK.
Doctoral students matriculated since the 2022/2023 academic year
TEEK is a mandatory application for all doctoral students who have been matriculated since the 2022/2023 academic year to compile and submit their progress review documents. TEEK became available for them on the 3rd of December 2024.
NB! User of TEEK does not have to fill in the .docx forms and upload them to SIS! The planning and reporting take place based on electronic forms in TEEK.
Doctoral students matriculated before the 2022/2023 academic year
If you were matriculated before the 2022/2023 academic year, please use the same .docx forms as before and upload them to SIS.
User guide for a doctoral student
User guide for a supervisor
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact ois.tugi@ut.ee or use the SIS helpdesk customer portal.
The individual plan is the doctoral student's research and study plan for the entire period of study. A period plan is a part of the individual plan, in which the specified plan of studies and research is agreed upon for the following progress review period. The individual plan is compiled in cooperation with the supervisor(s).
The individual plan for the whole period of doctoral studies is submitted together with the first progress review report of the first year.
The period plan of the first semester must be submitted within one month after matriculation. The doctoral student submits the following period plans together with each progress review report.
At the progress review the review committee assesses the doctoral student's progress in research and studies based on their programme and fulfilment of the individual plan.
First year doctoral students are reviewed twice: one semester after matriculation and two semesters after matriculation. From the second year onward, the progress of the doctoral student is reviewed once per academic year, two semesters after the last progress review.
The doctoral students’ self-analysis form is a tool that helps you prepare your individual plan, annual period plans and progress review reports. You can also use the completed form to plan meetings with the supervisor. The self-analysis materials are not part of the mandatory progress review documents, but the progress review committee may ask questions about your self-analysis.
Recognition of prior learning and experience, programmes opened after 2022/2023
Recognition of prior learning and experience, programmes opened before 2022/2023
Detailed rules and guidelines for applying for a doctoral degree are available in the web version of the Regulations for Doctoral Studies.