Faculties have made decisions on costs related to the public examination.

Costs associated with defending a doctoral dissertation 

The practices concerning the reimbursement of costs incurred in relation to the public defence of a doctoral dissertation varied between the two universities that were merged to create Tampere University and their faculties. Tampere University has now adopted a consistent policy that applies to all the faculties.&nbsp;

As outlined by the Management Group of Tampere University, the faculty of a doctoral candidate will cover the following costs: 

<ul>
	<li class="x">the costs of renting a space for the public defence, the opponent’s travel and accommodation costs, and the fees paid to the pre-examiners and opponent (no per diem allowance), and&nbsp;</li>
	<li class="x">the costs of printing the required number of copies of the candidate’s dissertation and, if necessary, the costs of proofreading.&nbsp;</li>
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The Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences (ITC) has issued the following guidelines for the reimbursement of hospitality costs: &nbsp;

Dinner on the night before a public defence&nbsp;&nbsp;

<ul>
	<li>The faculty will cover the costs, provided that they are reasonable and do not exceed €500 (this sum is based on the assumption that no more than five persons attend).</li>
</ul>

Lunch before and refreshments during a public defence (3-5 people)&nbsp;

<ul>
	<li>The faculty will cover the costs of lunch served before the public defence and the refreshments provided at the public defence.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Coffee and refreshments after a public defence &nbsp;

<ul>
	<li>The faculty will cover the reasonable costs of coffee and refreshments (the campus assistants and head of administration will specify/monitor the costs).</li>
</ul>

&nbsp;Congratulatory flowers for a doctoral candidate &nbsp;

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	<li>The faculty will not cover the costs of flowers.</li>
</ul>

&nbsp;Costs of hiring a tailcoat for opponents who do not own one&nbsp;

<ul>
	<li>The faculty will cover the costs if necessary.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

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Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences (ITC)

The Faculty of Management and Business will reimburse the following expenses for the time being:

<ul>
	<li>&nbsp;Language revision of the dissertation and the articles included in it, if no external funding is available</li>
	<li>&nbsp;Dissertation printing costs for the obligatory copies (18 copies)</li>
	<li>&nbsp;Fees for the pre-examiners and the opponents (450 € for the pre-examiner, 550 € for the opponent)</li>
	<li>&nbsp;Travel and accommodation expenses for the opponent using the most economical means of travel, maximum 2 nights, no per diems</li>
	<li>&nbsp;Hire of the opponent's dress suit if necessary</li>
	<li>&nbsp;Dissertation venue rent</li>
	<li>&nbsp;Dinner for the opponent on the evening before the dissertation day (opponent, supervisor, doctoral candidate), if applicable, max. 120 €/person and joint expenses max. 500 €</li>
	<li>&nbsp;Dissertation day lunch (opponent, supervisor, doctoral candidate)</li>
	<li>&nbsp;Bottled water for the dissertation</li>
	<li>&nbsp;General post-dissertation coffee party open to all (max. 50 people) on campus</li>
</ul>

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Faculty of Management and Business (MAB)

The faculty covers facilities costs, the opponent’s travel and accommodation costs and the fees of the opponent and the preliminary examiner (however, no per diems).The faculty offers max. 300 euros for the pre-defence dinner / lunch for doctoral candidate, custos and opponent, or cake and coffee after the defence for the guests.Check the number of dissertation copies from the web pages of <a href="https://libguides.tuni.fi/dissertationpublishing/delivery">the Tampere University Library.</a>&nbsp;

Faculty of Education and Culture (EDU)

According to the decision of the Rector’s Executive Board on February 12th 2019, the faculty is obligated to cover the following expenses related to doctoral dissertations: - Costs associated with renting a venue for the dissertation defense - Travel and accommodation expenses for the opponent are reimbursed (daily allowances are not provided) - Compensation is provided for pre-examiners and opponents - Printing costs for mandatory copies of the dissertation - Lunch before the dissertation defense and refreshment costs during the dissertation defense - If necessary, rental costs for a tailcoat for the opponentIn the Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, the following expenses related to doctoral dissertations are also covered: - If the doctoral candidate wishes, the lunch before the dissertation defense can be replaced with coffee. In this case, the faculty will reimburse the dinner expenses of the evening before the dissertation for the opponents, the doctoral candidate and the supervisor: the total cost of the dinner and the coffee of the dissertation day is a maximum of €400. - The faculty can reimburse the costs of a public coffee event held on campus after the dissertation defense, up to a maximum of €200. Regarding the opponent’s accommodation expenses, typically two nights in a single-person room are covered. If the opponent’s spouse accompanies them, the spouse’s expenses can be reimbursed for a hotel room if it does not incur additional costs. The doctoral defence expences will be allocated to the internal order number 31000421 (MET Väitöskulut). This decision supersedes the previous guidelines for reimbursement of dissertation-related expenses, which were in effect until June 20, 2022.For more information, please send an email to the address for doctoral studies at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology: met.doc.tau [at] tuni.fi.

Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology (MET)

Reimbursement of Dissertation Costs at the Faculty of Built Environment (BEN)

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At its meeting on 12 February 2019, the University's Executive Team brought up for discussion the practices of reimbursing dissertation costs, which have differed from one faculty to another. From now on all faculties will share a common policy on reimbursing the dissertation costs.

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The Faculties of Tampere University will pay the following dissertation costs:

• the rent of the lecture room/auditorium where the doctoral defence takes place; travel and accommodation costs for the opponent; opponent’s and pre-examiners’ fees (no daily allowance)

• the cost of printing the compulsory copies of the dissertation and, when required, the language revision of the dissertation

• lunch prior to the doctoral defence (opponent, custos, doctoral candidate) and refreshments during the defence

• the rent of a tailcoat for the opponent, when needed

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In addition, the Faculty of Built Environment hereby undertakes to pay the following dissertation costs:

• dinner the night before the doctoral defence (opponent, custos, doctoral candidate)

• coffee after the defence

• printing costs of 50 copies of the doctoral dissertation, including the compulsory copies

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This decision shall remain in force until further notice.

Faculty of Built Environment (BEN)

<h5>The defence costs covered by the faculty</h5><ul><li>Room rent of the public defence auditorium/lecture room and other rooms needed</li><li>Travel and accommodation costs of the opponent (normally max. two nights in a double room), no per diems</li><li>Fees for the pre-examiners and the opponents (450 e for the pre-examiner, 550 e for the opponent)</li><li>Printing costs of the dissertation (a total of up to 50 books, including mandatory library and faculty copies and possible additional copies)</li><li>Copy editing of the dissertation, if needed, upon agreement</li><li>Lunch before the defence for the candidate, custos and opponent</li><li>Bottled water for the defence</li><li>Tailcoat rent for the opponent if needed</li><li>Possible dinner costs of the evening before the defence for the opponent, candidate and custos (max. 120 e/person and together max. 500 e)</li><li>Open coffee event after the defence on the campus, max. 50 persons</li><li>Congratulatory flowers for a doctoral candidate max. 50e&nbsp;</li></ul>

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