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Basic information and documents for doctoral studies

  • General information
  • Time schedule
  • Subject exams
  • Dissertation examination
  • Dissertation defence

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR DOCTORAL STUDIES

Doctoral studies follow an individual study plan under the guidance of a supervisor. For each field of study, there is a departmental commission which monitors and evaluates the doctoral studies.

A doctoral student's individual study plan consists of a study part, culminating in a dissertation examination, a scientific part and the defence of the dissertation. Part of the full-time doctoral studies is the performance of teaching activities.

A full-time doctoral student is obliged to be at his/her place of work according to the requirements and instructions of his/her supervisor and the head of the department. The minimum basic time of stay shall be from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., with a total time not to exceed 37.5 hours per week.

 

List of members of doctoral study commissions

 

Study plans of doctoral study programmes:

Furniture and Living Design - full-time study  

Furniture and Living Design - part-time study

Fire protection and Safety - full-time study

Fire protection and Safety - part-time study

Technology of Wood Processing - full-time study

Technology of Wood Processing - part-time study

 

Information on the registration
Instructions for registration for doctoral studies - 1st year 

Guidelines for registration for doctoral studies - higher years .

Registration form

Affidavit

 

PROGRESS KEY

Term

Condition

Meaning

Day of registration to: 2nd year

gain minimum 45 credits - full-time studies

gain minimum minimum 25 credits - part-time studies

Progression to the 2nd year of study

Day of registration to: 3rd year

gain minimum 52 credits - full-time  + passed the state dissertation examination

gain minimum minimum 30 credits - part-time

Progression to the 3rd year of study

Day of registration to: 4th year – part-time studies only

at least a written dissertation submitted for the dissertation examination, or a dissertation examination passed

Progression to the 4th year of study

Dissertation defence

obtaining the prescribed number of credits 150, completion of the study and scientific programme, fulfilled condition for the permission of the defence (see dissertation defence)

Permission to defend

Award of PhD. or ArtD.

successful defence of the dissertation

Obtaining the title philosophiae doctor "PhD." or artis doctor "ArtD."

 

 

Time schedule of the academic year 2022/2023

01.09.2022

Beginning of the academic year

05.09.2022

Enrolment of newly admitted PhD students in the first year of study

05.09.2022

Enrolment in higher years of study

17. – 21.10.2022

State dissertation examinations of doctoral students who have submitted written theses within three years of admission (part-time study)

27.12.2022 – 05.01.2023

Compulsory study leave (holidays)

20. – 24.02.2023

State dissertation examinations for doctoral students who have submitted their written theses within 18 months of admission (full-time)

21. – 31.08.2023

Dissertation defences

31.08.2023

End of the academic year

 

Other terms:

do 16.09.2022

Handover of individual study plans of newly admitted PhD students

do 13.01.2023

Registration for the state dissertation examination and submission of written theses for the dissertation examination (full-time - 2nd year of study)

do 15.02.2023

Announcement of dissertation topics for the admission procedure of level III for the next academic year

do 31.05.2023

Applying for the dissertation defence and submission of dissertations

(full-time - 3rd year of study and part-time - 4th and 5th year of study, respectively) - change due to coronavirus

29. – 30.06.2023

Admission procedure for PhD studies

do 31.07.2023

Submission of the annual evaluation of doctoral students by supervisors

Subject exams

 

The doctoral student's study plan includes a list of courses to be taken by the doctoral student and a list of subjects for the dissertation examination. The doctoral candidate may also take examinations in the course of the study part of the doctoral studies before taking the dissertation examination.

In such a case, the examination shall be held before a committee with the participation of the subject supervisor, the supervisor and two other members of the relevant subject committee. If the supervisor is also the subject supervisor, he or she shall assume the role of examiner.

The date of the examination and the examination board for the PhD examination shall be recorded in the UIS.

At least three working days before the examination is to be held, the following must be submitted to the Dean's Office of the Faculty proposal of the Examination Commission signed by the chairman of the departmental commission. It will not be possible to register the date retrospectively!

Once the date and the committee have been registered in the UIS, the examination report form will be sent by email. Once the examination has been taken, the original signed protocol will be handed in to the Dean's Office of the Faculty. 

DISSERTATION EXAMINATION

A doctoral student in the full-time form of doctoral studies applies for the dissertation examination no later than 18 months after the beginning of the study, a doctoral student in the part-time form no later than three years after the beginning of the study.

The written thesis for the dissertation examination consists of a thesis (project) containing an outline of the theoretical foundations of its future solution, the current state of knowledge on the topic and an analysis of the methodological approach to solving the problem.

Applying for the state dissertation examination:

  • obtaining a minimum of 70 credits, passing all examinations, including the language examination
  • written thesis for the dissertation examination in printed form 2x (comb binding)
  • application for the dissertation examination application for the dissertation examination signed by the supervisor with the proposal of the opponent

 

Form for the opponent: Review of the written thesis for the dissertation examination

Announcement

The Dean of the Faculty of Wood Sciences and Technology of the Technical University of Zvolen announces that the dissertation defences of doctoral students of the Faculty  will take place on 15. - 24.8.2022.

Schedule of defences

DISSERTATION DEFENCE

Conditions for allowing the defence:

  • at least 150 credits, excluding credits awarded for acceptance of the dissertation for defence
  • PhD student admitted before the 2017/2018 academic year: evidence of submission of a scientific publication to the peer review process in a journal of the Web of Science database with an impact factor / acceptance of an industrial property right application
  • PhD student admitted from the academic year 2017/2018: proof of successful completion of the review process of a publication registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases / acceptance of an industrial property right application / performance or realisation of a major work of art or artistic performance or presentation of the same in renowned foreign or internationally recognised domestic institutions and events

Applying for the defence of a doctoral thesis:

  • Application for permission to defend the dissertation signed by the supervisor with a proposal of opponents
  • hardcover dissertation - 4x, written in accordance with the Organizational Directive of TU in Zvolen No. 1/2011 (the dissertation includes an assignment printed from UIS and signed by the supervisor)
  • autoreferat min. 15 pieces in accordance with the study regulations
  • thesis in .pdf format, uploaded to the UIS, so that originality checking can take place
  • supervisor's opinion - uploaded to UIS
  • CV - 2x
  • inventory of publications, pedagogical and other creative activities - 2x
  • signed license agreement - 2x
  • originality check protocol - 1x

CONTACT

Study Officer for Doctoral Studies

Ing. Jana Hanzelová
+421 455 206 341
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T. G. Masaryka 24
960 01 Zvolen
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Tel.: +421-45-520 61 11
Fax: +421-45-533 00 27
e-mail: info@tuzvo.sk

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