Committee for Postgraduate Research (CPR)
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
The FMHS Committee for Postgraduate Research (CPR)
(Official name of the committee)
Task/purpose and type
The Committee for Postgraduate Research meets quarterly to consider all matters related to research degrees and postgraduate research on behalf of the Faculty Board of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) of Stellenbosch University, for eventual approval by the SU Senate, the highest academic body of the university.
Meetings & agenda closing dates
| Agenda closes at 10AM | CPR Meeting, 12:30 - 14:30 |
|---|---|
| Monday, 19 January 2026 | Thursday, 29 January 2026 |
| Monday, 13 April 2026 | Thursday, 23 April 2026 |
| Monday, 20 July 2026 | Thursday, 30 July 2026 |
| Monday, 28 September 2026 | Thursday, 8 October 2026 |
These dates are also published in the FMHS almanac along with other core dates and deadlines.
(Please attend in person as far as possible, as this is the preferred option. Online attendance by an AI/transcription tool such as Otter AI is not accommodated, since members are expected to represent their departments by participating actively in deliberations and answering ad hoc questions; since the meeting is confidential with attendance limited to members; and since an official report is presented to the Faculty Board for approval and made available to all committee members.)
Please send apologies to [email protected] by one week before the meeting.
CPR Document Stack
Mandate
The Committee for Postgraduate Research (CPR) considers all research-degree-related matters on behalf of the FMHS. This includes policy and regulations pertaining to research and postgraduate studies, new research degrees for inclusion in the SU Calendar, admission to doctoral research, interruption of studies, supervisors and examiner nominations for research degrees, and the recommendation of postgraduate research degree results.
Membership of the CPR comes with the obligation to
participate in the confidential, quarterly meetings of the committee;
keep the member's academic department informed of relevant decisions; and to
serve on PhD proposal / protocol review committees.
🟠 The Tygerberg Doctoral Office ([email protected]) allocates CPR representatives to the proposal review panels of about six students per intake year, though it is up to the committee chair to select a mutually suitable date and make other arrangements. The main task of a CPR representative on a doctoral review panel is to ensure that the committee was correctly constituted by the chair, that the standard proposal / protocol review process is followed, that all the necessary panel members (have adequate opportunity to) participate, and that the Form A3 is duly and comprehensively completed (all fields being required). When a CPR representative is equipped to do so, they may also provide a full review report based on domain expertise. The role of CPR representative and of panel chairperson can overlap with that of domain expert, but the role of chair cannot overlap with that of CPR representative. The primary rationale for the central allocation of reviews is to promote an even work division among CPR members with respect to panel reviews. Review panel work should be facilitated effectively, so that students are not delayed.
Note: Please send all submissions to [email protected] sooner rather than later, as CPR deadlines lead tightly into Faculty Board and Senate cut-off dates.