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.