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D002E | DOCTORAL PROPOSAL
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SURNAME, GIVEN NAME
CONTACT INFORMATION DURING MEETING OF THE DOCTORAL
COMMITTEE
Office:
Only if applicable
Mobile phone:
Landline:
APPLICATION
☐ PhD in Law
☐ PhD in Criminology
HAS ADMINISTRATIVE ADMISSION TO THE DOCTORAL PROGRAMME BEEN
APPROVED?
☐ Yes
☐Start date of employment (2-4-6 AAP, FLOF, FWO…): Click here to enter a date., or
☐Date of admission by the faculty board (teaching assistant, affiliated researcher…): Click
here to enter a date.
☐ No, this application combines the request of admission to the doctoral programme and the PhD
proposal (Guidelines’, 2.2.2)
☐ No, this application counts as predoctoral test (‘Guidelines’, 2.8)
JOINT PHD (ART. 25 DOCTORAL REGULATIONS)
If this project is aimed at a joint PhD, please contact the doctoral committee before submitting.
Is this project aimed at a joint PhD with another university?
☐Yes ☐No
Is KU Leuven the leading institution in this project?
☐Yes ☐No
Partner university:
Supervisor(s) in partner university:
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DATABASES
Is Lirias up-to-date on the date of submission of this form?
☐Yes ☐No
Is the KU Loket application ‘My PhD’ up-to-date on the date of submission of this form?
☐Yes ☐No
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Place of birth:
Date of birth:
Nationality:
Telephone:
EDUCATION
Only list the degree(s) on the basis of which you request admission to the doctoral programme. Other degrees
may be included in your CV.
Degree
☐ Licentiate
☐ Master’s
☐ Other:
Discipline
☐ Law
☐ Criminology
☐ Other:
Institution:
Date: Click here to enter a date.
Percentage and grade of merit obtained:
PROJECT INFORMATION
Dutch title:
English title:
Language of the PhD project:
Summary (max. 250 words):
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Supervisor:
Co-supervisor(s), if applicable:
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ADDITIONAL PROJECT INFORMATION
EMPLOYMENT
☐ Position with doctoral finality
☐Scholarship (FLOF)
☐Research assistant (2-4-6 AAP)
☐Scholarship, external funding (e.g. FWO PhD Fellowship or FWO Research Project):
☐ Research associate (wetenschappelijk medewerker), external funding (e.g. FWO Research
Project):
☐ Position without doctoral finality
☐Teaching assistant (praktijkassistent)
☐Research associate (wetenschappelijk medewerker), external funding:
☐Affiliated researcher (vrijwillig medewerker)
☐Self-supported
☐Other:
Percentage of appointment:
PROPOSED MEMBERS OF THE SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE
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Name:
Academic rank*:
Institution (university):
E-mail:
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Name:
Academic rank*:
Institution (university):
E-mail:
(*) assistant professor, full professor, associate professor, professor…
The supervisory committee is appointed by the doctoral committee. It consists of the chief supervisor, the cosupervisor(s) (if any) and at least two other members of senior academic staff, to be nominated by the
supervisor(s) in consultation with the doctoral student. Preferably, one of these additional members should be
external to the Faculty of Law and have an international reputation (art. 13 § 1 2nd paragraph).
LANGUAGE OF THE PHD PROJECT
Language
☐Dutch
☐Other:
Knowledge of language other than Dutch, if applicable
☐TOEFL
3
☐IELTS
☐Other standardised test*:
☐Degree: at least one year of higher academic education in the language in which you want
to write your doctorate, concluded with a degree in that language, in a country where that
language is an official language
☐Degree: at least two years of higher academic education, concluded with a degree in which
you want to write your doctorate, in a country where that language is not an official
language
☐Native speaker
☐Other:
Standardised test scores, if applicable
Total score:
Reading:
Writing:
*If you want to use a standardised test other than TOEFL or IELTS, please contact the doctoral
committee.
PROPOSAL DOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAMME
Was the programme coordinator consulted (compulsory)?
☐Yes ☐No
‘TRUNCUS COMMUNIS’ (ART. 28 § 2 DOCTORAL REGULATIONS)
One international or two national publications of quality (article, monograph or chapter in a book) in the
forum language of the research area
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First seminar
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Second seminar
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Active participation (by giving a lecture or equivalent) to an international conference
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Activities specifically aimed at doctoral researchers for up to 16 hours
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PhD researchers attend four doctoral seminars, and act as a respondent at two of these (art. 28 § 2 3°).
ADDITIONAL PART
4
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DEGREE REQUIREMENT
Those not meeting the qualification requirements (art. 4, faculty doctoral regulations), please list your
expertise in the legal c.q. criminological sector, or indicate which courses or activities in your proposed
doctoral programme will guarantee that you acquire this expertise.
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VALORISATION OF EARLIER ACHIEVEMENTS
List the achievements you wish to valorise and justify.
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ATTACHMENTS
Depending on your status and on the nature of your application, different documents need to be
attached. Please tick the right boxes and add the required documents. Mention your name on all
documents!
☐ CV of the candidate (higher education and, if applicable, professional experience)
☐ Project proposal
☐Project description (max. 6000 words) and summary (max. 250 words), or
☐Project description in existing format (see website for admitted formats) and
summary (max. 250 words), or
☐ Complete application form, in case you already have been granted a FWO PhD
Fellowship, or similar funding (see website for list of types of funding that are considered
equivalent to FWO PhD Fellowship)
☐ Progress report
Only for candidates with an appointment as FWO PhD Fellowship or equivalent. Describe
which activities you have done since the start of the research project (max. 800 words).
☐ Publication list (Lirias)
☐ Certificate proving proficiency in other language than Dutch
Only of applicable.
☐ Application with ‘International Admissions and Mobility’ unit, met documents
Only for international candidates combining the request for admission to the doctoral
programme and the PhD proposal (‘Guidelines’, 2.2.2)
☐ Copy of degree certificate(s) and supplements
Only for PhD students combining the request of admission to the doctoral programme and the
PhD proposal (‘Guidelines’, 2.2.2), who are not international candidates
☐ Proposed agreement on joint PhD
Only if applicable.
DATE AND SIGNATURES
Date
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Candidate
Supervisor
Co-supervisor(s), if applicable
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