FAQ about regular assessments
The regular assessment meeting
Yes, it is mandatory to submit the second regular assessment. However, a meeting between you and the supervisor group is not mandatory for the second regular assessment.
Yes, it is acceptable to submit the regular assessments after the original deadline. Please inform the Graduate School if you expect to submit it more than a week late.
All supervisors must attend the assessment meeting.
If an external assessor has been assigned to your PhD Programme, he or she must also attend the assessment meeting.
The process in PhD Planner
The regular assessment task has to be activated in PhD Planner. This happens automatically at about 26, 14, and 6 months before your expected end date. Please wait for the task to be activated or contact the Graduate School for advice.
Regular assessments are activated automatically in PhD Planner based on your expected end date. If you have had your enrolment extended, you may receive a fourth regular assessment. Please submit it in PhD Planner. If you and your principal supervisor do not deem it necessary to conduct an actual meeting, you do not have to.
You do not have to upload anything when submitting a regular assessment in PhD Planner. You should only send your report to your supervisor group.
Yes, you receive a receipt when your principal supervisor has reviewed your regular assessment, and when the Graduate School has approved it. If the Graduate School cannot approve the regular assessment, you will receive an email from us regarding what to do.
You can conduct the meeting with your group of supervisors before PhD Planner makes it possible for you to submit the regular assessment. Then you can submit the e-form when the status changes to “02 Awaiting regular assessment by PhD student”.
Reasons for not submitting regular assessments
No, you will receive new deadlines for your regular assessments, when we register your leave and calculate a new expected end date.
No, you do not have to submit regular assessments during your leave of absence.
No, you will receive new deadlines for your regular assessments when we register your period of illness and calculate a new expected end date.