Admission to the doctoral studies shall be implemented through the University Academic Board decision with regard to the scientific, scientific and technical achievements of the entrant in the chosen specialty in accordance with the established requirements and conclusions of the departments based on the scientific report of the applicant for doctoral studies.
Documents should be submitted to the Department of Doctoral and Postgraduate Studies of the University.
The list of applicants according to the specialties will be published on the notice boards of the Department of Doctoral and Postgraduate Studies and on the web-site of the University.
The department reviews the detailed proposals of the applicants for doctoral studies, which contain a plan of the research and information about the amount of scientific work that is necessary for preparation of the research results for defense, a list of published scientific works, and hears the scientific reports of the applicants. Through voting, the department determines for each applicant the possible admission to doctoral studies and submits the results to the Department of Doctoral and Postgraduate Studies. The decision of the department is eligible if it receives more than half of the votes of the scientific and pedagogical staff present at the meeting. The negative conclusion of the department does not prevent the University Academic Board from considering the applicant’s documents but puts the applicant in the last positions of the rating list.
The Department of Doctoral and Postgraduate Studies forms the project of the rating list of the applicants for doctoral studies and submits it to the Scientific and Technical Council (STC) of the University. The project of the rating list of the applicants is formed according to the specialties and ordered by the competitive score in descending order with regard to the following criteria:
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No. |
Evaluation criteria of the scientific work |
Number of publications |
Score** |
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1. |
Number of the scientific articles published in the scientific (including electronic) professional journals of Ukraine and other states* |
15 |
1 |
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16 |
2 |
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17 |
3 |
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≥18 |
4 |
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2. |
Number of the scientific articles on subject of the thesis, published in the editions included in category “A” of the List of scientific professional editions of Ukraine, or in foreign editions indexed in such databases as Web of Science Core Collection and/or Scopus) |
2 |
2 |
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3 |
3 |
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≥4 |
4 |
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3. |
The monograph published individually (without co-authors) |
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3 |
*in the field of natural and technical sciences two patents for an invention (the certificate of authorship for invention), which have passed the qualification examination and are directly related to the scientific results of the thesis, can be added instead of two articles
** given the equal number of points, the highest position in the rating list refers to the applicant for admission to doctoral studies, who has more scientific articles published on subject of the thesis, published in the editions included in category “A” of the List of scientific professional editions of Ukraine, or in foreign editions indexed in such databases as Web of Science Core Collection and/or Scopus.
STC considers and approves the rating list with the recommendation for the admission of the applicants to doctoral studies.
The rating list shall be published on the web-site of the University.
The documents are sent to the University Academic Board for the further examination.
The University Academic Board considers the STC recommendations for the admission and the departments’ conclusions regarding each of the applicants, and makes a decision on the admission to doctoral studies.
According to the given characteristic of the applicant’s scientific activities, the University Academic Board appoints a scientific supervisor from among the scientific and pedagogical or scientific staff of the University holding a Doctor of Sciences degree in a relevant specialty.
Documents for the admission to doctoral studies should be submitted to the Department of Doctoral and Postgraduate Studies (Main building, room 207) from 10.00 to 16.00 (Monday-Friday), break from 13.00 to 13.30.
The deadlines for the admission steps of the applicants to doctoral studies are the following:
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Admission steps for doctoral studies |
Deadlines |
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1. |
Acceptation of the applications and documents for the admission to doctoral studies |
July 1 – July 6 |
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2. |
Publication of the list of applicants in the relevant specialties of doctoral studies on the notice boards of the Department of Doctoral and Postgraduate Studies and on the web-site of the University |
July 8 |
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3. |
Examination of the detailed proposals and hearing of the scientific reports of the applicants for doctoral studies at the departments meeting |
by July 14 |
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4. |
Consideration and approval of the rating list with recommendation for the admission of the applicants to doctoral studies by the Scientific and Technical Council of the University |
by August 21 |
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5. |
Publication of the rating list of applicants with the recommendation for admission of the applicants to doctoral studies |
August 28 |
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6. |
Consideration of the STC recommendations for the admission and the departments’ conclusions by the University Academic Board and adoption of the decision on the admission to doctoral studies |
by September 15 |
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7. |
Admission of the applicants |
September 15 |
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8. |
Conclusion of the agreements and contracts |
by September 18 |
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9. |
Submission of the labor book with a record about the dismissal due to the admission to doctoral studies from the last place of employment |
by September 18 |