General Regulations Governing Research Degrees: Part 1 Probationer Research Students

1. Any person intending to work for the Degree of Master of Letters or of Master of Science by Research or of Doctor of Philosophy must apply in the first instance for admission as a Probationer Research Student, except as provided in the appropriate regulation.

2. The Education Committee shall have power to make and vary such regulations as may be necessary for carrying out the duties laid upon it and upon the Registrar by this section.

3. For the purposes of this section the words ‘board’, ‘faculty board’, ‘board of the faculty’ or 'divisional board' shall include any body with powers to admit students to the status of Probationer Research Student.

4. A Probationer Research Student who is not a graduate of the University may wear the same gown as that worn by Students for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy.