BYE-LAWS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY - PH.D. -UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY - PH.D. -UNDER THE

AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 327.737

BYE-LAWS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF

PHILOSOPHY - PH.D. -UNDER THE AUSPICES OF

THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION

11th September, 2024

LEGAL NOTICE 221 of 2024, as amended by Legal Notice 9 of 2025.

(1)

These bye-laws may be cited as the Bye-Laws for

the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy - Ph.D. - under the auspices of

the Faculty of Education.

(2)

In these bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires -

“the Board” means the Board of the Faculty of Education;

“the Degree” means the degree of Doctor of Philosophy - Ph.D.;

“the Faculty” means the Faculty of Education; and

“the Principal Regulations” means the Doctor of Philosophy -

Ph.D. - Degree Regulations, 2023.

These bye-laws shall be applicable from 1 October 2024

onwards.

The Faculty offers the following Doctor of Philosophy

degrees

Doctor of Philosophy degree; and

Doctor of Philosophy degree by Practice as Research.

The Board shall approve the research areas in which the

Degrees may be offered. The specific practice component of the

Degree by Practice as Research shall be considered on a case-by-case

basis at the time of application by the applicant.

Applicants for the Degrees offered by the Faculty shall be

in possession of one of the following degrees

(a)

a Master’s degree or equivalent in an area of study

related to the proposed area of research; or

(b)

a Bachelor’s degree obtained with First Class

Honours or Second Class Honours (Upper Division)

or equivalent, in an area of study related to the

proposed area of research, as deemed appropriate by

the Faculty Doctoral Committee.

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY - PH.D. -UNDER THE

AUSPICES OF THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION

Applicants may submit their application form, C.V. and a

2000-3000-word research proposal outlining the proposed study or

project, including research sources and materials, at any time of the

year.

When the Board deems it necessary, it may require

students to successfully complete a number of study-units during the

course of their studies, and/or to satisfactorily undertake tasks

recommended by the Board, under those conditions that it may

impose, after approval by Senate.

The Board shall approve and publish guidelines on the

format and presentation of the theses and practice component (as

applicable) for the Degrees.

The thesis for the Degree shall consist of not less than

80,000 words and not more than 100,000 words, excluding the list of

references, footnotes, endnotes, appendices, abstract, and extended

summary, if applicable.

(1)

For the Degree by Practice as Research only, the

presentation of formally examinable practice shall take place at least

3 months in advance of the final written submission, or 6 months in

the case of part-time studies.

(2) The thesis for the Degree by Practice as Research shall

consist of between 30,000 and 50,000 words, excluding the list of

references, endnotes, footnotes, appendices, abstract and, extended

summary, if applicable, and shall normally constitute around 50% of

the project.

(3) Students registered on the Degree by Practice as Research

are also required to provide a permanent record of the research

practice in an appropriate format, as indicated in guidelines approved

by the Board, and which shall be included in the copies presented to

the Faculty and the University Library.

The Bye-Laws of 2008 in terms of the Doctor of

Philosophy - Ph.D. - degree Regulations, 2008 for the degree of

Doctor of Philosophy - Ph.D. - under the auspices of the Faculty of

Education, published as Legal Notice 213 of 2010, shall be deemed

to cease to be in force as from 1 October 2024.