PhD studies

PhD study programmes at FCSE 
 

PhD study programme structure

 
 Year   Semester   Activity  ECTS   Prerequisite for applying for participation   Prerequisite for accepting the report/request 
 I  1  Research ethics  4    
 Methodology of scientific research  4    
 Elective study programme course  4    
 Elective study programme course  7.5    
 Elective study programme course  7.5    
 2  Elective study programme course  7.5    
 Elective study programme course  7.5    
 Research (preparing for the PhD thesis topic)  14    
 PhD seminar + annual conference  4  12 ECTS from the generic courses  
 II  3  Preparing and submitting the PhD thesis topic  28    42 ECTS from the courses and at least 4 ECTS from seminars and conferences (given by USCM)
 PhD seminar (written progress report)  2  min 45 ECTS  
 4  Research workshop  3  min 54 ECTS  
 Research and results publication (work on the accepted PhD thesis topic)  25    Accepted PhD thesis topic and min 1 accepted paper on int. conf./journal
 Accual conference (presentation)  2  Seminar and min 93 ECTS  
 III  5  Research and results publication (work on the accepted PhD thesis topic)  28    min 120 ECTS and min 2 accepted papers on int. conf./journals
 PhD seminar (written progress report)  2  min 148 ECTS  
 6  Research workshop  3  min 120 ECTS  
 PhD thesis writing and defense  25    min 1 JCR journal paper, min 60 ECTS from research activities and min 2 published papers on int. conf/journals (given by USCM).
 Annual conference (presentation)  2  Seminar and min 150 ECTS