Change of supervisor or assistant supervisor

1. Change of supervisor or assistant supervisor is possible in the following cases:

1) the death of the supervisor or assistant supervisor;
2) the supervisor or assistant supervisor suffering from a chronic illness that prevents them from providing academic supervision to the doctoral candidate;
3) the resignation of the supervisor or assistant supervisor from supervising the doctoral candidate, provided that the supervisor or assistant supervisor may not refuse to fulfil this role without justified reason;
4) the occurrence of a conflict of interest, as defined in the present Rules and Regulations;
5) a justified request submitted by the doctoral candidate for a change of supervisor or assistant supervisor.

2. Doctoral candidate shall submit a request for a change of supervisor or a request for a change assistant supervisor through the Head of Doctoral School immediately after the occurrence of the circumstances referred to in paragraph 1.
3. Doctoral candidate is required to attach a statement or another document confirming the occurrence of the circumstances referred to in paragraph 1 to the request.
4. Doctoral School Council, upon a justified motion by the Scientific Council for the Discipline(s) relevant to the doctoral candidate, may dismiss the supervisor or assistant supervisor from their position in the event of failure to fulfil the obligations arising from these Rules and Regulations.
5. Doctoral School Council, after considering the motion by the Scientific Council for the Discipline(s) relevant to the doctoral candidate, approves the dismissal of the current supervisor or assistant supervisor from their position.
6. When appointing a new supervisor or new assistant supervisor, the provisions of these Rules and Regulations concerning the appointment of a supervisor and assistant supervisor shall apply.