A cotutelle agreement on a bi-national double degree can only be concluded for compelling reasons: for example, if the planned cooperation and mobility cannot be implemented through an exchange period, or if joint supervision arrangements are otherwise impossible without an agreement on a double degree.
In a Cotutelle agreement, you register as a doctoral candidate at two universities and become jointly supervised at both universities, carrying out studies and the degree at both the University of Lapland and another university simultaneously. Upon successful completion, you are able to graduate from both universities. You will complete one dissertation which must comply with criteria at both universities.
Supervisors' responsibilities, pre-examination and grading procedures are specified in the supervision agreement. A Cotutelle agreement should be made at the very beginning of your doctoral studies, but no later than 1.5 years from the starting date of your doctoral study right. We make joint supervision arrangements always individually, on a case-by-case basis.