Information for PhDs students

Please read the instruction in the manual for PhD ceremony slots v04.

In case of problems, please contact the promotion office:

• phone 050 3635276
• mail promoveren rug.nl

Your personal data is imported in Hora Finita from the Human Resource (HR) system. So, you need to contact the HR department of your research institute and ask them to correct your information.

UMCG: If you are a PhD student from the UMCG you can change the personal data yourself within InSite https://cms.umcg.nl/ personeel/insite/. This webpage can be accessed through the intranet page of the UMCG.

If you have questions about the registration please contact your graduate school. For questions about UMCG registration please contact the Graduate School of Medical Sciences.

To change the information about your research institute and/or your program please contact your graduate school.

• If you need to change your dissertation title page before your PhD defence please contact promoveren rug.nl.
• After the PhD defence please contact dissertations rug.nl.

Make sure that the title page is no more than one page (A4).

1. Send a new document with amended propositions to horafinita rug.nl.
2. Inform the supervisor and the Examination Board of these new propositions.

Information is available on Publishing dissertations.

Once the promotion date is finalised, you will receive an e-mail message from the RUG finance department with the subject: "Toegevoegd aan declaratie opdracht RUG / Added to expense claim assignment for the RUG".

Via the RUG's declaration portal you can apply for reimbursement of the printing costs of your dissertation (maximum €750).

If this is your first time using the declaration portal, we will ask you to provide your IBAN number. 
If necessary, we will also ask you to provide your date of birth and BSN number.
Please note! Without these details, we cannot transfer payment to you!

For other questions regarding reimbursement applications, please refer to the financial department of the UG, the FSSC:

• FSSC rug.nl
• 050-3634000

Some Graduate schools offer an additional fee for printing costs. Please contact your faculty's graduate school about this.

Contact the FSSC and send the following information:

• a scan of the printer's invoice

• proof of payment, e.g. a copy / scan of a bank statement

Please also refer to the RUG's finance department, the FSSC, for further questions regarding reimbursement requests:

• FSSC rug.nl

• 050-3634000

Please contact the PhD degree registration office (Promotiebureau): promoveren rug.nl.

Sometimes it does not work well to upload a dissertation at once through the site https://horafinita.rug.nl.

A safe way to upload the dissertation is through the UWP. And then launch Hora Finita through a web browser.

A digital copy of the thesis may be up to 500 MB in size.

At the end of the PhD programme, the PhD student receives an e-mail from the PhD office. With a link to Hora Finita, it is possible to change name details, nationality and birth name for on the bull. The PhD office will check these details using the passport.

If you can no longer log into Hora Finita because your PhD track has ended, apply for a track extension from your faculty's graduate school.

The graduate school may then decide to renew your account, or to put the data itself in Hora Finita.

Questions and changes for certificates of courses can be sent to the Graduate School of Medical Sciences (gsms umcg.nl).

Procedure (re)starting PhD trajectory at UMCG/FMW

1. At the start of a PhD trajectory, the UMCG/FMW PhD student is entered into the HR system PeopleSoft. The PhD student is given a P number (p123456) and can start registering in the PhD registration system Hora Finita.
2. In addition to the P number, the PhD student is given a business email address (abcdef...@umcg.nl). This data is sent to the PhD student's private email address.
3. The PhD student must then activate the account via: https://account.rug.nl/. A verification code is sent to the email address, or to the PhD student's phone number.
4. If a PhD student is at the end of the PhD process, and no longer has access to the UMCG email address, a reset of the password must first be done: https://mijn.umcg.nl/mychart/passwordreset.asp
5. After account re-activation, the MFA must be set up at: https://mfa.umcg.nl.
6. Codes for MFA and requests for forgotten passwords go to the PhD student's UMCG business e-mail address.
7. In case of problems and questions regarding this procudere, the student can contact ICT UMCG. Telephone: (+31) 50 361 1111.

Go to: https://www.rug.nl/research/gradschool-medical-sciences/current-phd-students.