Once your date of defence is known, you can request a Training and Education Certificate from PE&RC. (PhD candidates from VU need a signed TESF to set the defence date).
To obtain the Certificate, you have to fill in the Training and Education Statement Form (TESF). This document is very similar to the TSP you created in your first months, but now contains all activities you have performed.
Before submitting a final signed version for approval, you must send a draft version to Claudius van de Vijver to check whether all requirements are met. Once the TESF has thus been approved informally, you should:
- Submit the final version of the TESF, signed by the PhD candidate and the promotor, in PDF to Claudius van de Vijver;
- Submit the final (unsigned) version of the TESF, as a WORD document to Claudius van de Vijver;
- After approval, upload your TESF in the student registration of Hora Finita (Wageningen PhD's only) PE&RC office approves the submission in Hora Finita.
You will receive an email about this and two green check marks (for required ECs and Portfolio approved) will appear in your PhD checklist.
Candidates are advised to check the Doctoral Regulations of their university for detailed requirements.
In addition, the list of completed educational activities (from the TESF) may be reported on the next-to-last page of your thesis. It is sufficient to specify the type of course (discipline specific activities, general courses, assisting in teaching and supervision activities and other activities) and the year in which the course took place. The title of this page in the printed thesis should be: “Overview of completed training activities”.
Please refer to the following webpages to download the Doctoral Regulations that apply to you:
Radboud University Doctorate regulations
Universiteit Leiden Regulations and Guidelines
University of Amsterdam Doctoral Regulations
Utrecht University Doctoral Degree regulations and guidelines