Useful policy documents regarding the evaluation of PhD programmes:
- Eurodoc 2004: Gathering of Evidence and Development of a European Supervision and Training Charter, Tim Brown (2004)
- Doctoral Programmes for the European Knowledge Society, Bologna Seminar, Kristi Koch Christensen (2005)
- Salzburg II Recommendations: European Universities’ Achievements Since 2005 in Implementing the Salzburg Principles, European University Association (2010)
- Quality Assurance in Doctoral Education – results of the ARDE project, Byrne, J., Thomas, J., Loukkola, T., European University Association (2013)
- Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Europe 2020 Flagship Initiative Innovation Union (2010)
- Principles for Innovative Doctoral Training, European Commission (2011)
- Using the Principles for Innovative Doctoral Training as a Tool for Guiding Reforms of Doctoral Education in Europe, Report of the ERA Steering Group Human Resources and Mobility(2011)
- Report of Mapping Exercise on Doctoral Training in Europe “Towards a common approach”, European Commission (2011)
- Exploration of the implementation of the Principles for Innovative Doctoral Training in Europe, European Commission (2013)
- Good Practice Elements in Doctoral Training, League of European Research Universities (2014)
- Prenosive vještine u doktorskoj izobrazbi u Hrvatskoj: Smjernice za daljnji razvoj, Sveučilište u Zagrebu (2015)
- Collaborative Doctoral Education in Europe: Research Partnerships and Eployability for Researchs Report on DOC-CAREERS II Project, European University Association (2015)
- Doktorski studiji, Hrvatska zaklada za znanost, visoko školstvo i tehnologijski razvoj (2006)