Collaborative Doctoral Programmes Register
Coventry has a number of approved forms of Collaborative Doctoral Programmes. Collaborative Doctoral Programmes (CDP) are Dual/double awards whereby two higher education institutions collaborate in the delivery of a single jointly-delivered research degree programme. They can be individual or institutional. Their key characteristics are as follows: Each partner is responsible for the content, delivery, quality and standards of its own provision and makes its own award; Doctoral candidates on a collaborative programme must be registered at each participating institution for the duration of the jointly delivered programme; Awards that are based on a single programme and the same assessed work.
Cotutelle programmes are a specific type of CDP where the doctoral candidate spends at least one year (for full-time registered candidates) and two years (for part-time registered candidates) in each institution.
The University also has a number of old programmes under different models that are phasing out, as of July 2018 no further development of these programmes will be permitted. These models include:
- Spit-site Programme where the Doctoral Candidates study solely at another institution and attend for eight consecutive weeks per year;
- Cross Collaborative, normally with exisiting Transnational Partner that doesn’t have Doctoral Awarding powers. Creation of combined research centre at partner to support research development, doctoral candidates are staff from partner institution.
- Accredited Institution are formally approved by a University Panel to operate a research degree in a specific area under Coventry University Regulations. The Accredited Institution is subject to close monitoring by the University, during which support and staff development are also provided.
Name of Institution |
Country |
Type of Arrangement |
Details |
Date Approved/last reviewed |
USA |
Individual Split-site |
Individual Doctoral Candidate studying the majority of their programme at Northwestern University |
Sept 2013 |
|
Zimbabwe |
Individual Split-site |
Individual Doctoral Candidate studying the majority of their programme at University of Zimbawe |
Sept 2017 |
|
Oman |
Cross Collaborative |
Cohorts of students, annual visits to Coventry with tailored research training |
Jan 2015 |
|
UK |
Accredited Institution |
Validated Doctoral Programmes and Masters by Research. Students solely based at Buckingham New University |
Dec 2008 |
|
UK |
Accredited Institution |
Validated Doctoral Programmes and Masters by Research. Students solely based at RAE |
Nov 2009 |
|
France |
Individual Cotutelle |
Individual candidate studying with Coventry and Paris Saclay |
Dec 2015 |
|
Institute for Condensed Matter Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine |
Ukraine |
Individual Cotutelle |
Individual candidate studying with Coventry and Institute for Condensed Matter Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine |
April 2016 |
France |
Individual Cotutelle |
Individual candidate studying with Coventry and University of Cergy-Pontoise |
Oct 2016 |
|
Australia |
Institutional Cotutelle |
Institutional Cotutelle with recruitment to jointly agreed projects based at both institutions |
July 2016 |
|
Philippines |
Dual Award |
Students jointly registered with both institutions with at least 6 months based at Coventry University |
Sept 2017 |
|
France |
Individual Cotutelle |
Individual candidate studying with Coventry and Grenoble University |
April 2018 |
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Amsterdam |
Individual Cotutelle |
Individual candidate studying with Coventry and Radbound University with time spent at both institutions |
Sept 2015 |