The deadline for submitting a doctoral dissertation may be extended, but by no more than two years, in accordance with the rules set out in the School Regulations. During the extension of the deadline, the applicant retains their status as a doctoral student, with the reservation that the total duration of receiving a doctoral stipend at doctoral schools cannot exceed four years.

At the doctoral student’s request, the Director may extend the time limit for submitting the doctoral dissertation in the case of: 
1) temporary incapacity to pursue studies due to illness; 
2) the need to take personal care of a sick member of the family; 
3) the need to take personal care of a child under 4 years of age or a child with a disability certificate; 
4) participation in a grant related to the doctoral dissertation; 
5) modification of the IPB in connection with a change of the doctoral supervisor due to their long-term absence or death, or the transfer of the doctoral student from another doctoral school; 
6) modification of the IPB related to the suspension of studies granted under the provisions of § 6(20) of the Regulations.

The Request to Extend the Deadline for Doctoral Dissertation Submission (Annex 3) may be submitted to the Director of the Doctoral School only after the mid-term evaluation.

Attachments to the request include a document justifying the extension, and a IPB Update. At the end of the extension period, a Report on Implementation of IPB is to be submitted.

The doctoral student may appeal against a refusal to extend the time limit for submitting the doctoral dissertation to the UL Rector within 14 days of receiving the decision. The UL Rector’s decision shall be final.