In accordance with the last paragraph of Article 38 and Article 16 of the transitional and final provisions of the Higher Education Act, graduates of the following study programmes may enrol in the interdisciplinary doctoral study programme of Biosciences:
From 1st to the 2nd year
Apply via eVŠ portal and send the application to University of Ljubljana.
Scholarships available are listed at the website of the Public scholarship, Development, Disability and Maintenance Fund of Republic of Slovenia.
For more information please visit the Biotechnical Faculty website or contact the respective Students Affair's Office vesna.jese@bf.uni-lj.si.
The aim of the programme is to train doctoral students for scientific work in fields of basic and applied life sciences, so that they will be able to develop new knowledge within the framework of a scientific research career or transfer knowledge to everyday practice. Within the study are represented traditional fields of life sciences, supplemented with newer fields, dictated by the development of new technologies and the needs of society.
Knowledge and skills obtained through formal, informal and experience learning prior to admission to the programme will be recognised during selection with limited admission in accordance with the Criteria for Accreditation of Study Programmes. The competent commission will decide on recognition of knowledge and skills obtained by a candidate prior to admission to the programme on the basis of a written request from the candidate and submitted evidence (certificates and other documents) which show successfully obtained knowledge and the content of such knowledge. If there is no limited admission in an individual study year, the extent and content of such knowledge and skills will be evaluated by the ECTS and may, on the basis of the judgement of the competent commission, replace one elective subject or part of a basic subject selected in doctoral studies in Biosciences.
In recognising such knowledge and skills, the following will be taken into account:
From the 1st to the 2nd year
The condition for advancement from the 1st to the 2nd year of doctoral studies in Biosciences is the completion of requirements to the extent of at least 45 credit points.
From the 2nd to the 3rd year
The condition for advancement from the 2nd to the 3rd year is completion of all obligations from the 1st and 2nd years of study, in which are included:
The final, 3rd year, is devoted to individual research work and the preparation and defence of a doctoral dissertation.
In the event of a student, for justifiable reasons, not completing study requirements, s/he must present a request to the competent commission for the holding over of status. The request must be accompanied by documentary evidence of the reasons for student status to be held over.
For all courses, knowledge is assessed through a written and/or oral exam. The grading scale follows the Statutes of the University of Ljubljana. All types of assessments are graded on a scale from 1 to 10, where 6 – 10 are passing grades and 1 – 5 failing grades.
Doctoral students may, during the 1st and 2nd years, with the agreement of supervisors and coordinators of the field, select a total of 15 ECTS elective content from other programmes of UL, comparable programmes of other Slovene or foreign universities and from subjects for which the University of Ljubljana will invite applications and which will enable the candidate to gain special knowledge and generic skills. Participation in international competitions and summer schools which have a program of credit points and which conclude with a test of knowledge, is also encouraged. Exceptionally, a doctoral student may, with the agreement of the supervisor and field coordinator, also choose more contents from other study programmes.
