Institute of Technology Carlow

Policy & Procedures
for Postgraduate Research Students

including Admission, Registration, Supervision and Examination

All documents relating to the policies and procedures for postgraduate research students can be found below.

Main document

Policy & Procedures for Postgraduate Research Students, click here »

For the main document in full, including all appendices, click here »

Appendices to main document

Appendix A.   
 - IT Carlow Student Charter, click here »
- European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers, click here »

Appendix B.   
- Student Code of Discipline, click here »
- LRC Regulations, click here »

Appendix C.   
- Student Complaints and Appeals Procedure, click here »                                             

Appendix D.   
- Research Code of Practice, click here »

Appendix E.    
- Policy and Procedures on Ethics in Research, click here »
- Application for Ethic Approval, click here »

Appendix F.  
- Policy on Misconduct in Research, click here »                                                           

Appendix G. 
- Level 10 Interim Standard, click here »                                                                        

Appendix H.  
- Level 9 Award Standards for Science, Computing, Engineering, Business, Art and Design, click here »                                                                         

Appendix I.    
- Research and Development Committee of Academic Council, click here »                 

Appendix J.  
- Postgraduate Research Programme Boards, click here »                                               

Appendix K.  
- Application Form for Admission to the Master’s Register, click here »
- External Expert Evaluation Forms, click here »                                                            

Appendix L.   
- Application Form for Transfer from the Master’s Register to the Doctoral Register and External Expert Evaluation Forms, click here »              

Appendix M.  
- Postgraduate Progress Report Form, click here »
- Postgraduate Live Register Form, click here »

Appendix N.   
- Notice of Intention to Submit for Examination, click here »                                        

Appendix O.  
- Application Form for Re-registration, click here »                                                       

Appendix P.    Supervision of Higher Degrees by Research                                            
- Code of Practice for Supervision of Higher Degrees by Research, click here »                             
- Guidelines for the Appointment of Supervisors, click here »
- Code of Practice for the Training of new Supervisors for Doctoral Projects, click here »
- Contract for Services – Off-Campus Mentoring Supervisor, click here »

Appendix Q.  
- Format of Presentation of Theses for the Degrees of Master (Research) and Doctor of Philosophy, click here »                                                                        

Appendix R.   
- Guidelines and Nomination Form for Appointment of External Examiners, click here »
- Nomination Form for Doctoral Examiner, click here »
- Nomination Form for Master's Examiner, click here »

Appendix S.   
- External Examiner Report Forms, click here »
- External Examiner Report Form - Doctoral, click here »
- External Examiner Report Form - Masters, click here »

Appendix T.   
- Library Release Form for Thesis, click here »                                                             

Appendix U.   
- Intellectual Property Policy and Procedures, click here »                                             

Appendix V.   
- Quality Assurance - Quality Improvement for Research, click here » 
- Quality Standards, click here »