EU Conference on Postgraduate Education and Training, Date: 1997/09/04 - 1997/09/05, Location: Leuven, Irish College
Publication date:
1997-09-01
Author:
Postel, Hans
Verhoeven, Jef
Keywords:
Postgraduate education, PhD, research, engineering, students, doctoral supervisor
Abstract:
Some years ago postgraduate education in Flanders has been changed by the University Decree of 12th June 1991. Before this decree, a dissertation, based on independent scientific research, supervised by a professor and defended in public, was the only condition to gain a PhD (= learning by doing model). Since the decree, each university may organise doctoral studies and oblige PhD students to follow a training programme before defending the dissertation (more information in the policy paper).