Essential Procedures and Policies

Supervision

Appointment of Supervisory Teams and Thesis Committees
Changing Your Supervisory Team
Guidance on Addressing Poor Research Supervision
Guidance on Appropriate Forms of Supervision of Research Students
Guidance on Eligibility for Supervising Research Students
Supervision for Visiting Researchers

Changes to your Mode of Study

Changes to Full-time or Part-time Status
Completing Research Status (CRS) and Extensions to CRS 
Interruption
Leave
Off-Campus Status (previously referred to as Study Leave and Non-Resident Status) 
Transfers Within and to UCL
Withdrawal 

Research and Academic Support

Copyright and Your Research Publications
Intellectual Property (IP) Policy
Off-Site Working Procedures
Open Access
Research Integrity
Reasonable Academic Adjustments
Risk Assessment
Transparency on Authorship and Generative AI in Doctoral Research

Upgrade and Progression

Upgrade from MPhil to PhD
Academic Insufficiency Process for Doctoral Researchers

Final Year(s)

Completing Research Status (CRS) and Extensions to CRS
Exam Entry
Examiner Nomination and Process
Submission as a Non-Registered Student

Thesis Preparation/Submission and Publishing  

Format and Submit Your Thesis
Copyright and your PhD Thesis
Impact Statement
Inclusion of Published Works in Doctoral Theses
Intellectual Property (IP) Policy
Transparency on Authorship and Generative AI in Doctoral Research

Viva Examination and Completion of Degree

Open Access
Open Access for Theses: how to deposit
Thesis Submission Extension Fees (Non-Registered Students)
Viva Examinations Guidance
Post Viva: Outcomes and Next Steps
Completion and Award