Proposal for Individual Co-tutelle Agreement
for
(applicant name)
This form should be completed if you are seeking to establish a Joint PhD arrangement for an individual PhD applicant.
Please contact the CSA team if you would like help to complete any of the required details below. Completed forms should
be sent to the CSA team (collabs@st-andrews.ac.uk) by the Director of Postgraduate for the School from the DoPG email
account.
1
Proposer
Name
Email
2
School
Date
Applicant Details
Name
Student ID
(if available)
Intended St Andrews
supervisor
Topic of research
Intended PhD start
date
Intended degree
programme length
Mode of attendance
full-time
part-time
Intended dates and
location of study.
Please include details of
any planned fieldwork
and note that students
must spend at least 12
months in St Andrews.
For UK partnerships
only: what will be the
percentage of
supervision delivered
by each partner?
NB for UK students,
this percentage split
will be returned to
HESA.
3
Academic Rationale
Please provide details of the
academic rationale underpinning
this proposal.
(If the student has already
commenced a PhD elsewhere, please
provide rationale for seeking to switch
to a joint programme.)
4
Partner details
1
Name of partner institution
Address
Name and position of supervisor
Email
Name of administrative contact
Email
Type of institution
Public
Private
Undergraduate
Taught Postgraduate
Research
Degrees offered and standard
programme length
Please select
Please select
Please select
Please detail any existing School
contacts or arrangements with the
partner.
What is the partner’s approval
process for co-tutelles? Are there
any deadlines?
Are you confident that the partner
can provide a safe and suitable
working environment?
Are you confident that there is
sufficient research expertise at the
partner institution to support this
research proposal in particular?
How is the institution financed?
Are there any local conditions
which may affect the institution’s
ability to comply with the
principles of UK higher education?
Please provide details of any
special advice about the region
posted on FCO webpages:
www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice
5
Lead Institution
Name of Lead Institution
The usual expectation is that the lead
institution takes overall responsibility
for the co-ordination of the co-tutelle
programme, including arrangements for
examination and graduation. Please
provide details if a different
arrangement is envisaged.
6
Financial Arrangements
Has the applicant secured PhD
funding?
PhD funding details (if applicable)
Does this funding allow for a cotutelle arrangement?
yes (If yes, please provide details below)
no
yes
n/a
no
2
What are the partner’s tuition
fee arrangements?
The usual expectation is that
students pay tuition fees to St
Andrews for time registered in St
Andrews, and pay tuition to the
partner for time spent there. (If a
different arrangement is envisaged,
please provide details.)
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Supervision, Progression and Assessment
What are the arrangements for
the supervision of research
students at the partner
institution?
What will be the arrangements
for progress reviews? How will
supervisors maintain a joint
overview of the student’s work?
(e.g. an annual joint review
committee)
Does the partner expect the
student to complete any taught
component?
Language of thesis
yes (If yes, please provide details)
no
English
other (please specify)
yes
no
yes
no
If language is other than English,
an abstract in English must be
provided.
If St Andrews is not the Lead,
what will be the procedure for
submission and the
arrangements for the
examination?
(Please include details of where the
exam will be held and who will form
the committee. Does the institution
engage external examiners? How will
appropriate standards of assessment
be assured?)
8
Graduation and Award
What will the award be called
by the partner (if not Doctor of
Philosophy)?
Can the partner issue a single,
joint certificate?
Does the partner issue a HEAR
equivalent (e.g. a Diploma
Supplement) to research
students?
willing to negotiate
3
Where will graduation take
place?
St Andrews
partner
student will decide
9 Services, Rules and Regulations
What academic support services
will be available to the student
at the partner institution?
Can the partner institution
provide a student experience
which will complement the St
Andrews experience and values?
Are the partner’s rules and
regulations broadly comparable
with ours?
Does the partner have an equal
opportunities policy (or
equivalent) similar to ours?
Does the partner have
appropriate grievance,
complaints and disciplinary
procedures for staff and
students?
Are there appropriate resources
and systems for the collection
and distribution of data
compatible with the University’s
needs and Data Protection
legislation?
What are the partner’s rules on
intellectual property and
copyright?
10 School Approval – to be completed by Director of Postgraduate
Head of School approval granted
yes
Date
no
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