Before half-time control

The half-time review shall be carried out for every doctoral student who will be taking a doctoral degree, and should be carried out two years after admission or when the equivalent of two years of full-time doctoral education has been completed.

If you are a doctoral student at NVS, you will find information here about our departmental procedures. For more detailed instructions on the structure of the half-time review, see KI's web page.

Mandatory components

Courses:

  • Mandatory doctoral introduction
  • Statistics (minimum 1.5 credits)
  • Research ethics (minimum 1.5 credits)
  • Laboratory safety (if you conduct all or part of your research in a laboratory, minimum 1.5 credits)
  • Quality assurance of clinical research (if you conduct clinical research, minimum 1 credit)

Other:

  • You should have completed at least 10 credits before the half-time review
  • There are no requirements completed manuscripts

Responsibilities

Main supervisor:

  • Responsible together with the doctoral student for conducting the half-time review.

Division administrator (may be several people):

  • Books a room or creates a Zoom link if needed
  • Sends an email to the division members to inform about the half-time review
  • Makes travel arrangements for a committee member if needed
  • Orders light refreshments for the half-time committee members
  • Announces the half-time review in the KI calendar.  Inform the division administrator of:
    • Project title
    • Date
    • Time
    • Location or Zoom link
    • Name of supervisors
    • Name of members of the grading committee

If the division lacks a web editor, contact the NVS communicator instead.

Registration

Send the form 15 Half-time review along with a Ladok transcript to doctoraleducation@nvs.ki.se at least five weeks before the seminar. Once your application has been reviewed and approved, Heli Vänskä will return it to you.

Half-time seminar

A half-time seminar lasts approximately 45 minutes, followed by a discussion of about one hour. The seminar is held in English.

After the half-time review

Send the half-time protocol to doctoraleducation@nvs.ki.se. After the  director of doctoral studies has approved the protocol, Heli Vänskä will return it to you. You should then upload it to your ISP.

Follow-up meeting

The director of doctoral studies, Ulrica Nilsson, will contact you for a short follow-up meeting after the half-time review.

Content reviewer:
01-07-2025