The General Rules 4.13 makes provision for a student who has registered for a master’s degree and has attained, according to the unanimous judgement of the study leader and the research and school directors involved, outcomes of a quality and scope acceptable for a doctoral degree, to apply to the Faculty Board to change his/her registration for master’s studies to registration for doctorate studies.

The student has already obtained an appropriate Honours Baccalaureus Degree. If not, the school director and/or centre director determines in consultation with the research director, and if necessary after consulting the Dean and with notice to the Faculty Board, whether the candidate may be admitted to the MSc studies on the strength of knowledge and skills acquired by prior learning and work experience that led to learning

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