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EIE-SurveyorDoctoralStudies11.5. Doctoral Studies in Ireland11.5.1. SupervisionScientific Board or SupervisorUSupervisorU - same personal supervisor for the student’s thesis work on an Uactive/newU research area ofthe department or the supervisor.Subject AssignmentSubject assigned at the beginning of the doctoral studies, by agreement between student andsupervisor.Who can be a Supervisor1. Any professor/lecturer in the department.2. Internal or external researchers can be co-supervisors.Tasks of Scientific Board/Supervisor1. General management/monitoring YES2. Deciding/advising layout of course NA3. Assigning a thesis subject YES4. Responsible for monitoring student’s progress. YESDurationFour years (typically), but usually with a minimum of three years.- 233 -