Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, SLU
APPLICATION FOR DISSERTATION

The entire form is to be filled in and sent to the Faculty’s Research Education Committee (FUN, Box 7084, 750 07 Uppsala) at the latest 12 weeks prior to the suggested date of dissertation with the following compulsory enclosures: 
1.	Summary of the thesis (1-2 A4 pages, should include complete information on the included publications/manuscripts, i.e., titles, order of authors and information on the journal.)
2.	LADOK record (with participation in seminar series and completed research education courses) signed by the main supervisor, with course certificates enclosed.
3.	Affidavit from the student union on freedom of debt. 

The PhD-student
Surname:
(Former name if applicable)	Admitted to research education (date):	
First name:	Research education subject at the Faculty:	
Department:	E-mail address:	

The supervisors
Main supervisor (name, title):	
Department:	
Associate supervisor (name, title):	
Department:	
(Please add rows as necessary)	

The dissertation
Title of the thesis:	
The thesis corresponds to               Higher Education Credits, HEC (i.e. 240 HEC – sum of HEC for courses)	
Exam (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Agriculture or Philosophy):	
Date, time and place, including room , for the dissertation: 	

Suggested Faculty opponent (Must be from another faculty, must be associate professor or have a similar competence from a foreign university/institute, must be free from ties with the PhD student - no joint publications or other close research co-operation for the last 6 years)
Name, academic title:	
Complete address, phone no. and e-mail address:	
Motivation/academic competence: 	
Joint publication or other ties with the main supervisor during the last 6 years: YES / NO
If ‘Yes’ please specify:	

Suggested board of examiners (3 or 5 members, at least one from another faculty and one from VH, at least 3 must be associate professors or have a similar competence from a foreign university/institute, if 3 members are suggested a stand-in must be appointed. Members must be free from ties with the PhD student - no joint publications or other close research co-operation for the last 6 years)
Name, academic title:	
Complete address, phone no. and e-mail address:	
Motivation/academic competence:	
Joint publication or other ties with the main supervisor during the last 6 years: YES / NO 
If ‘Yes’ please specify:	

Name, academic title:	
Complete address, phone no. and e-mail address:	
Motivation/academic competence:	
Joint publication or other ties with the main supervisor during the last 6 years: YES / NO 
If ‘Yes’ please specify:	

Name, academic title:	
Complete address, phone no. and e-mail address:	
Motivation/academic competence:	
Joint publication or other ties with the main supervisor during the last 6 years: YES / NO 
If ‘Yes’ please specify:	

Name, academic title:	
Complete address, phone no. and e-mail address:	
Motivation/academic competence:	
Joint publication or other ties with the main supervisor during the last 6 years: YES / NO 
If ‘Yes’ please specify:	

Name, academic title:	
Complete address, phone no. and e-mail address:	
Motivation/academic competence:	
Joint publication or other ties with the main supervisor during the last 6 years: YES / NO 
If ‘Yes’ please specify:	

Chairman of the dissertation (must be notified, normally the Head of department, must not be main or associate supervisor of the PhD-student or co-author on any of the publications/manuscripts included in the thesis)
Name, academic title:	

Summary by the main supervisor of the PhD-student’s development and independence (Shown for each publication/manuscript included in the thesis. The PhD-student’s contribution to each part should be indicated, including a percentage of the total effort. If the publication/manuscript is included in several dissertations the efforts of the different PhD-students should be clearly indicated.)
I.
Idea & hypothesis:	
Planning of work:	
Performance of work:	
Analysis and summary of results:	
Writing of manuscript:	
Participation in correspondence with the scientific journal:	
Is/will this work be included in another thesis? Who’s?:	
II.
Idea & hypothesis:	
Planning of work:	
Performance of work:	
Analysis and summary of results:	
Writing of manuscript:	
Participation in correspondence with the scientific journal:	
Is/will this work be included in another thesis? Who’s?:	
III.
Idea & hypothesis:	
Planning of work:	
Performance of work:	
Analysis and summary of results:	
Writing of manuscript:	
Participation in correspondence with the scientific journal:	
Is/will this work be included in another thesis? Who’s?:	
IV.
Idea & hypothesis:	
Planning of work:	
Performance of work:	
Analysis and summary of results:	
Writing of manuscript:	
Participation in correspondence with the scientific journal:	
Is/will this work be included in another thesis? Who’s?:	
V.
Idea & hypothesis:	
Planning of work:	
Performance of work:	
Analysis and summary of results:	
Writing of manuscript:	
Participation in correspondence with the scientific journal:	
Is/will this work be included in another thesis? Who’s?:	

Completed courses and participation in seminar series
General courses	Credits (HEC)	

		
Subject courses		

		
Seminar series		

Signatures

Date:

PhD-student:

Main supervisor:

I confirm that the research education was performed according to the general study plan of the research education subject, and that the information given above is correct:

Head of department:

Check list for “Application for dissertation” 

The PhD student 

The “research education subject” is found on SLU’s internal web: 

https://internt.slu.se/en/ (or https://internt.slu.se/sv/ if you prefer Swedish) 
=> “Research, education & EMA” (in the panel below SLU’s logotype) 
=> “PhD education” (left side panel) 
=> Choose “”Education phase” and then ”Postgraduate subjects”) 
=> Find the subjects below the heading ”Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science” (link to 
general study plan where you’ll also find the focus areas)

You can also find the research education subject in the student’s LADOK record.

The dissertation 

“The thesis corresponds to: xxxx HEC:” (HEC is/was sometimes called ECTS)

The number inserted is the result of 240 HEC minus the course work 
i.e. if 30 HEC course work => 210 HEC 
i.e. if 50 HEC course work, the thesis => 190 HEC 

Suggested board of examiners 
3 or 5. If the examining board consists of 3 persons a 4th member also must be included, and named as the “reserve” 

Give the academic titles and degrees of each, along with short statements of their area of expertise relevant to the thesis being defended 

At least one of the examiners must be associated (i.e. employed = “anställd” in Swedish) with the faculty 

At least one of the examiners must come from outside the faculty 

At least 3 docenture competencies are required - for non-Swedish examiners a statement of their expertise and a confirmation of their docenture equivalent competence (Associate professor level) is requested 

Neither the opponent nor any of the members of the board of examiners should have publications or other close scientific ties in the previous 6 years with the student 

Scientific works 

Include minimum 3 to maximum 5 peer-reviewed papers 

Out of the papers included, at least 2 must have been accepted for publication 

The PhD student must be the first author on at least 50 % of the papers in the thesis 
(i.e. if 3 papers, 2 first author, if 5 papers, 3 first author) 

Post graduate courses 

A minimum of 30 HEC research courses must be completed from participation in 
general courses, subject courses and seminar series. Maximum 4 HEC frpm seminar series, though. 

Those students registered after June 2004 must have at least half of the credits for courses, ie 15 course credits (HEC) obtained after they were registered as a PhD student 

All courses being included must have proof of completion, with copies of course certificates included in the application. For general courses given by SLU the LADOK record is sufficient. 

National / international congress participation, abstracts, presentations etc., while 
highly encouraged, are not accepted as part of the post graduate course credits 

Proof of payment 

All student union fees must be paid and a proof of payment included (“skuldfrihetsintyg”
 in Swedish) for the study period until June 30, 2010

Signatures 

Are all papers signed by the appropriate persons? (PhD student, main supervisor, 
head of department etc.)