PhD Leave and Internships

Materials › Leave and internships

Leave

• 28 days of annual leave per year, no work expected on those days.
• On top of that, two extra weeks of remote-work flexibility — you keep working, just not from the office.

One principle: no sudden, short-notice leave right before a deadline. Absent humanitarian or compassionate reasons, leave announced at the last minute in the run-up to a submission will not be approved. Plan it around the calendar instead — see the deadlines on the graduation requirements page.

Internships

I encourage you to do internships, as many as you like — as long as you keep your own progress on track and still meet the graduation requirements.

Two things are not optional:

• the period and dates of the internship need your supervisors’ approval, and
• you need the university’s off-campus approval before you go.