Regulations and guidelines

The following regulations are approved by the Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen and apply to all candidates who are affiliated with one of the faculty's departments.

The most important document is the Regulations for the Philosophiae Doctor (PhD) degree at the University of Bergen, adopted in November 2022 by the University Board.

Also, the Faculty's supplementary regulations are available in the Programme Description (revised March 2021)

There is a number of more detailed guidelines on specific topics:

The training component:

• Guidelines for calculating course credits

Midway evaluation:

• Guidelines for the Midway Evaluation

Thesis and thesis evaluation:

• Guidance on PhD theses at the Faculty of Medicine
   
• Guidelines for the evaluation process of the doctoral degree at the Faculty of Medicine

Directions for duty work for 4-year UiB stipendiats at The Faculty of Medicine

• Directions approved by the Faculty Board 29 March 2023 (in Norwegian only)

Directions for use of digital element in the PhD defense at The Faculty of Medicine (in Norwegian only)