S.L. 327.101 Art. 5Eligibility for the Award of the Ph.D. Degree.

(1) The Ph.D. Degree shall be awarded upon the successful defence of a thesis containing original and significant contributions to knowledge in one of the areas of study studied at the University. The thesis, presented after an appropriate period of supervised research, shall consist of the students’ account of their investigations and research and shall offer evidence of originality by the discovery of new facts, the development of new theory and/ or by the exercise of independent critical power and constitutes an addition to knowledge. The thesis or parts thereof should be of peer-reviewed publishable quality.

(2) Students shall comply with the provisions of these regulations and of the Faculty Ph.D. Degree bye-laws and shall also satisfy any other requirements prescribed in any other relevant statutes, regulations and bye-laws of the University, including applicable ethical, and health and safety procedures.

(3) In accordance with the provisions of Statute 3, where the University, with the approval of Senate, enters into an agreement with other universities for the granting of a joint or double degree, then the Ph.D. Degree may be awarded:

(a) in the case of a joint degree, jointly on one certificate by all the partner universities and shall be conferred at one of the partner universities as agreed among them; or

(b) in the case of a double degree, separately by each partner university.