PHD PROGRAMME AT THE FACULTY OF DENTISTRY
CONTRACT FOR THE CHANGE OF SUPERVISORS
Fill out parts A and/or B - electronically or in capital letters – and send the form to
the Faculty of Dentistry.
Change of supervisors must be approved by the Faculty of Dentistry.
A PhD candidate must at all times have a minimum of two supervisors. At least one of the supervisors
must be employed at the faculty.
Candidate’s name: …………………………………………………………………………….
Duration of contract:………………………………………………………………………….
Home address and e-mail address: ...............................……………………………………..
Working title of the thesis: …………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
A. Appointment of new supervisor:
…………………………………………………………………………(Name/position/degree)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………… (Place of work and address)
Starts…………………………. (date) as
Principal supervisor
Co-supervisor
Comments: …………………………………………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………………………………………………..
B. Resignation of supervisor:
……………………………………………………………………………… (Name/position)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………… (Place of work and address)
Resigns ………………………….. (date) as
Principal supervisor
Co-supervisor
Comments…………………………………………………………………………...
…………………………………………………………………………………………………..
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Rights and obligations of the parties:
The supervisor is to:
- Give advice on the formulation and limitation of the subject and research topic.
- Discuss and evaluate hypotheses and methods.
- Help familiarise the candidate with the research literature and data (library, archives
etc.).
- Discuss the plan and written presentation of the thesis (outline, linguistic form,
documentation etc).
- Keep up to date with the candidate’s progress with the research work and assess this
according to the plan for completion.
- Assist in introducing the candidate to relevant scientific communities.
- Discuss results and their interpretation.
- Give the candidate supervision in research ethical questions related to the thesis
including advice on who can be co-authors.
- Make sure that all necessary permits and concessions etc. related to the research on
which the thesis is based is obtained.
The PhD candidate is to:
- Make reports or drafts of the thesis or parts of the thesis to the supervisor according
to the PhD contract.
- Comply with the research ethical guidelines that apply at UiO.
- Obtain the necessary permits, concessions, recommendations etc. in relation to the
research on which the thesis is based.
- Comply with the Vancouver requirements for co-authorship.
A PhD candidate and his/her supervisor shall have regular contact.
The parties are obliged to keep each other informed of all matters of importance for the
completion of the PhD education.
The parties should address any circumstances that may delay or hinder the completion of the
PhD education, so that, as far as possible, the education may be completed.
Should a PhD candidate or supervisor find that the other party does not live up to his/her
obligations, the party who maintains that there is a breach in the obligations is obliged to take
this up with the other party. The candidate and supervisor should jointly try to find a solution
to the situation that has arisen.
Both supervisor and PhD candidate have a duty to report in accordance with the rules laid
down by the faculty.
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Candidate
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Supervisor
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Resignation of supervisor
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Faculty of Dentistry
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