Form 1: Request for Exemption and Admission to the Doctoral Programme

• ALL PhD candidates have to complete Form 1. PhD candidates and international PhDs wil have to do so immediately after their training and supervising plans have been approved. PhDs from outside the university with prospects of a doctoral thesis defence will have to complete this form approximately two years before the expected date of their doctoral thesis defence ceremony
• Missing information (such as electronic copies of the thesis), forms or signatures, may have consequences for the exemption and/or the admission to the doctoral programme, or for the date of the doctoral thesis defence ceeremony
• For further information about the Board for the Conferral of Doctoral Degrees and about the Hora Est! program: please click here and select the relevant Faculty/Departement
• For further information on technical issues regarding the Hora Est! program please contact the ICT Service Centre, e-mail ict-servicedesk@uu.nl or telephone number (+31) (0)30 253 4500
• For more information about the required language skills, please click here
• The following should be added to a printed, and signed by all parties involved copy of Form 1:
  • A copy of the most relevant diploma. Please refer to www.uu.nl/qdesk for any further questions regarding the validity of (international) diplmas (see also the information at the top of the doctoral degree starter page)
  • A copy of a valid proof of identity. This copy will be used for the sole purpose of a correct registration of the candidate's name and not to check the candidate's identity
• When completing form 1 it is useful to have the following data at hand:
  • Information about your most relevant diploma: name of the institute, type of programme, type of diploma, date of issue of diploma
  • Details of any (co)supervisors who are not affiliated with Utrecht University: at least their full names, initials, titles, name of insitute, address of institute, e-mail address
• The tool tips guide Hora Est! users through the prgram (do not forget to cancel the pop-up blocker). The FAQ sheet provides additional tips and comments on the forms used in the Hora Est! program
• Direct acces to Form 1