An eligible doctoral dissertation may be a monograph or a collection of research articles. A collection of research articles refers to an entity consisting of the following parts: 1) a sufficient number of scientific publications or manuscripts, which examine the same set of problems. The number of articles required is determined by the Philosophical Faculty. […]
After the public examination, the opponent gives the faculty a written statement about the dissertation, and you have the opportunity to submit a rejoinder to the opponent’s statement if you are not satisfied with the evaluation. The faculty approves or rejects the doctoral dissertation and decides on the grade. Applying for a Doctoral Degree You […]
The university’s Communications and Media Relations raises awareness of research carried out at the university by, e.g., adding information about upcoming public examinations in the university’s events calendar and publishing doctoral dissertation news releases on the university’s website and social media channels, and also by sharing this information with the media. The faculties’ designated Communications […]
The University of Eastern Finland will close its campuses and moves all teaching online, in accordance with the instructions issued by the Finnish Government on 16 March. All facilities of the University of Eastern Finland will be closed on Tuesday 17 March 2020. The Government has announced, in cooperation with the President of the Republic, […]
1 August 2022 I General Section 1. Scope of application of the Study Regulations Under Section 14 of the Universities Act (558/2009), the Board of the University of Eastern Finland has, on 14 December 2020, adopted the following Study Regulations which are applied at the university, alongside the provisions laid down in acts, decrees and […]
All degrees conclude with a supervised written paper called a thesis. The following is a list of theses at UEF: The students get support to their thesis writing process in the form of seminars in which the participants typically present their work and comment on each other’s thesis plans at various stages. This way all […]
Instructions and process Student: Using Turnitin plagiarism detection software on Moodle prior to officially submitting your thesis for examination Upload your thesis to Moodle for your supervisor to perform plagiarism detection on it. Your supervisor will review the plagiarism detection report. If everything is OK, your supervisor will send you an email and gives you […]
The studies completed at the University of Eastern Finland will appear in your transcript of records. The transcript includes information about completed courses, grades and ECTS credits, teachers’ names, etc. The credits will appear in the transcript only after a course is completed and graded. This takes a few weeks, e.g. after an exam. Please […]
Academic quarter? Demo? Faculty? For the definitions of these and many other words and concepts related to university life, see this vocabulary. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y A Absent student is a student who has not paid […]
University of Eastern Finland assigns credits in accordance with the common European ECTS system (European Credit Transfer System). One UEF credit is equivalent to one ECTS credit. A year’s full-time studies correspond to 60 credits, i.e. roughly 1,600 hours of work. This estimated workload includes lectures, exercises, seminars, exams, and independent study. There are two […]
