Regulations and guidelines

Overview of postgraduate research degree requirements

• Postgraduate (PG) Researchers must register at the beginning of their studies and each year thereafter.
• Within three months (full-time) or six months (part-time) of the start date, PG Researchers must register their project using CP1 form and submit it to the Doctoral Academy for the approval of the College Research Degrees Committee (CRDC).
• The progression examination takes place at the end of stage one of the research project, normally at 12 months for full-time and 18 months for part-time PGRs, and includes a written report and viva. View form RD2b (Doc) – progression exam preliminary report.
• PG Researchers must successfully complete a review of progress at the end of each stage of their project to progress through their award. View form PR-a (Doc) – progress review.
• Final examination arrangements and final thesis title must be submitted a minimum of three months before submission of the thesis, using forms EX1 (Doc) and EXCV (Doc).

College Research Degrees Committee

The College Research Degrees Committee (CRDC) is responsible for approving changes to registration, personal circumstances applications (via confidential panel), progression examination and progress review outcomes and for making formal recommendations to UWE Bristol's Research Degrees Award Board (RDAB).

Any forms for approval at the CRDC must be submitted two weeks before the next meeting.

Conduct of research degees

The UWE Bristol PGR Academic Regulations and Procedures govern the conduct of research degrees. These are described in full in the Doctoral Academy Handbook.

Regulatory documents

• Postgraduate Research Degrees Code of Practice (PDF)
• Academic Regulations and Procedures

Guidelines

• Policy for PGRs who teach (PDF)
• Withdrawal Policy and Guidelines (PDF)
• Guidelines on the minimum credit requirement (PDF)
• Final assessment guidance for PGR examiners (PDF)
• Personal circumstances guidance for PGRs (PDF)
• Application for PGR personal circumstances (Doc)
• PGR personal circumstances process diagram (PDF)

UWE Bristol policies

• UWE Bristol policies