Article 2

The education of candidates who previously studied abroad will also be examined by the Board of Deans, who may consult NUFFIC. If such a candidate asks for supervision during his or her dissertation research, it is advisable to evaluate such a candidate’s previous education at an early stage.

The secretariat of the Board of Deans will only accept such requests if a supervisor has been found who is prepared to supervise the dissertation research, provided the candidate can be admitted.

Article 8

If two supervisors are present during the degree ceremony, a distinction shall be made between the primary supervisor and the secondary supervisor. The primary supervisor shall have been responsible for the larger share of the supervision, and will be responsible for the proper handling of the procedures relating to the degree ceremony. The primary supervisor shall be mentioned first in the dissertation.

Article 19

Members of the Assessment Committee must be sufficiently independent from both the (co-)supervisor and the candidate.

Article 20

The members of the Assessment Committee may accept a thesis, reject it, or indicate that they would like to see minor changes being made, which changes will be communicated to the supervisor by the chairman of the Assessment Committee. If such changes should be made, the dissertation will not be accepted until after the Assessment Committee has accepted the changes made. The members of the Assessment Committee do not have the right to withhold an evaluation of the dissertation.

Article 21

Part of the task of the chairman of the Assessment Committee during the assessment of the manuscript is to evaluate whether a request should be submitted to award the dissertation with the distinction cum laude. If such is deemed to be the case, or if such a request is made by other members of the committee, the chairman shall submit this request to the other members of the Assessment Committee.

Article 28

The Supervisory Committee shall consist of those professors and experts with a doctor’s degree whose names have been reported to the Board of Deans at least 7 days before the ceremony. Other professors and experts may be part of the circle, but have no voting right in the Supervisory Committee.

Article 30

During the degree ceremony, the candidate and his/her assistants shall wear appropriate attire, gentlemen preferably wearing a dress suit, and ladies wearing town dress or other suitable dress. The professors are invited to also adapt their attire to suit the occasion.

Article 31

During the degree ceremony, there should not be any extensive expression of gratitude or appreciation of the dissertation. The ceremony must have the character of a serious defence of the dissertation.

Article 33

The formula to be spoken by the chairman of the Supervisory Committee and by the supervisor, as included in the protocol of the degree ceremonies, shall always be in Dutch. If the language used during the degree ceremony is a foreign language, a translation of the formula may be spoken after the Dutch text.