Level:  doctoral academic studies

Upon end of the studies student will receive a title: Doctor of philosophy - biotechnical sciences

Study programme Agricultural Sciences of doctoral academic studies lasts for 3 years that is 6 semesters. The first year represents a common basis, whereas in the second year the courses are related to the one of 6 modules. The third year is devoted to working on a doctoral dissertation. The number of ECTS credit points for each semester is 30 (total of 180 ECTS). A study programme comprises 1 obligatory course and elective courses in 7 positions. For each position of the elective course, students are offered a list of courses they can choose. A doctoral dissertation is worked on during the three years of the study programme. In the first semester of the common basis a student enrols on one obligatory and two elective courses (elective courses 1 and 2), from the offered seven (total 14) methodological courses. In the second semester, there are two elective general courses, which can be chosen by the students of all modules. The list of 16 and 15 (total 31) is offered for each elective course.

The goals of the study programme Agricultural Sciences of doctoral academic studies comprise achieving the scientific competences and acquiring the academic skills in the scientific disciplines the student opted for, developing of creative competences and special, practical skills needed for the future career development. The goals are in accordance with the modern courses of corresponding scientific discipline development in the world and they are compatible with the basic tasks and goals of the Faculty of Agriculture, as a higher education institution where the programme is implemented. The goal of this study programme is education and training of students for the research in the field of technical and technological sciences (biotechnological sciences). The main goals of the study programme are to establish standards, criteria and methodology of the research work. Students enrolled in this level of study have to know the techniques of using modern scientific literature in the world, its understanding, application, qualification, and the final purpose of the study programme is their training for independent scientific work, success and excellent presentation techniques as well as publishing the results of that work.

After completing studies, students at this level of education have the following general and course-specific competences: - competence in analysis, synthesis and predicting solutions and consequences of the concrete problems of the academic discipline; - competence in skills and modern methods of research in technical and technological field; - ability to use information and communication technologies for obtaining knowledge of corresponding area; - competence in thorough knowledge and understanding of science and profession of technical and technological field; - competence in the independent research of theoretical and practical problems for the purpose of obtaining new and better results and their application; - ability to connect knowledge of different fields acquired at the earlier levels of education, for the purpose of developing new technologies; - ability to design own experiment, or repeating already defined and, in the literature, described procedure of measuring, making assumptions and characterisation of the expected measurements, conducting the acquisition of measuring, carrying out their statistical and methodological analysis and making final decision on veracity, significance and meaning of the established procedure of measuring - ability to monitor and implement innovations in the field; - competence in teamwork and professional communication for the purpose of improving science and profession; - competence in communication and cooperation with closer social and international environment; - ability to present the results of scientific research at scientific conferences and to publish in scientific journals, or display through patents and new technical solutions; - ability to contribute to expanding limits of knowledge in the field by conducting original research and especially by the results obtained by working on doctoral dissertation; - ability to participate in domestic and international research projects; - competence in critical thinking, creative and independent activity; - knowledge and respect of the principle of ethical code of good scientific practice.

Admission requirements for doctoral studies are awarding of 300 ECTS credit points at the undergraduate academic and master academic studies as well as the grade point average at the undergraduate academic studies being at least 8 that is 7.5 along with publishing of a certain number of scientific papers worth of 5 points according to the criteria accepted by the Ministry of Science.

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