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EIE-SurveyorDoctoralStudies4.5. Doctoral Studies in Germany4.5.1. SupervisionScientific Board or SupervisorUThere are both an appointed supervisor and a Scientific boardU. The latter includes 3 to 7 membersdepending on the university and is elected by the Faculty/Department. The student has the samepersonal supervisor during the thesis work on an UactiveU research area.Subject AssignmentSubject assigned at the beginning of the doctoral studies, by agreement between the student and thesupervisor. The subject might be changed slightly.Who can be a Supervisor: only professors in university department have the right to supervisedoctoral students.Tasks of Scientific Board/SupervisorThe Scientific board has only formal tasks (decision on whether a student is admitted, who will be thesecond reviewer of the work, whether dates have been met). The supervisor has the following tasks:1. General management YES2. Deciding/advising layout of course NA 03. Assigning a thesis subject YES4. Discuss with doctoral student on his/her progress on a regular basis, mediate contacts to otherresearch institutions for discussion.1Duration: three to five years.1Not available.- 97 -