Advising Agreement Between Doctoral Candidate and SupervisorsAdvising Agreement • February 13th, 2014
Contract Type FiledFebruary 13th, 2014The Advising Agreement1 is intended to ensure continuous support and guidance for the doctoral candidate and his or her dissertation project. Moreover, the Advising Agreement shall put the mutual responsibilities of the supervisors (resp. advising committee) and the doctoral candidate in writing. Supervisors and doctoral candidates consider the Advising Agreement the basis of their relationship and attempt to fulfill it to the best of their abilities. The Advising Agreement does not create enforceable rights. The Advising Agreement shall be signed as soon as the doctoral candidate has been admitted to the list of doctoral candidates of the school/department or as soon as the candidate has been admitted to a structured doctoral program2.