S.L. 327.695 чл. 42Transfer of Registration from M.Phil. Degree to Ph.D. Degree.

(1) After 12 months and not later than 24 months of full-time study or the equivalent in part-time study have elapsed, students shall request the Faculty Doctoral Committee in writing to transfer their studies from M.Phil. to Ph.D. level. Without prejudice to the student’s request to transfer, the supervisory team shall endorse or otherwise the request.

(2) Students are expected to submit work that shall consist of either a substantial body of work based on the research and/or practice undertaken together with relevant documentation or at least two chapters of the entire thesis. When submitting the work for assessment, students shall include a signed declaration that the work has been submitted through a plagiarism detection software that is approved by the University, together with the resultant report. Students shall also present evidence that they have pursued professional development activities as required in paragraph (3) of regulation 6.