Name of qualification Name of qualification: Doktor znanosti/doktorica znanosti s področja informacijske družbeAdd to comparison
Translated title (no legal status) Translated title: Doctor of Philosophy in the field of the information society
Type of qualification Type of qualification: Doctorate
Category of qualification Category of qualification: Educational Qualification
Type of education Type of education: Doctoral education
Duration Duration of education:
3 years
Credits Credits: 180 credits
Admission requirements Entry conditions:
  • A completed second-cycle study programme or at least 300 credits completed in an integrated master’s programme; or
  • a completed study programme leading to an academic higher education qualification (adopted before 11 June 2004); or
  • a completed study programme leading to a specialisation and, before this, completed study programme leading to a professional higher education qualification adopted before 11 June 2004, where candidates must have completed a total of at least five years of study (before enrolment in the second year of the doctoral programme candidates must complete additional course units totalling 30–45 credits from the second-cycle study programme Informatics in Modern Society, as prescribed by the competent body of the Faculty of Information Studies on the basis of the candidate's academic career to date).
ISCED field Field:
Social sciences, journalism and information
ISCED subfield subfield: inter-disciplinary programmes and qualifications involving social sciences, journalism and information
Qualification level

SQF Level: SQF 10
EQF Level: EQF 8
EOVK Level: Third level

Learning outcomes:

Qualification holders are qualified to:

  • demonstrate mastery of research methods, procedures and processes in the field of the social sciences and formulate new knowledge that represents a relevant contribution to the development of science,
  • innovatively apply knowledge from various disciplinary fields in the addressing of specific research problems in individual social science fields,
  • pursue independent research and development work and lead a research group,
  • interpret and present the scientific results obtained in the form of publication in an international scientific periodical,
  • ensure the quality of professional work through autonomy, criticism/self-criticism, reflection/self-reflection and evaluation/self-evaluation in professional work and demonstrate a commitment to professional ethics.

Assesment and completion:

Examination performance is graded as follows: 10 (excellent); 9 (very good: above-average knowledge but with some mistakes); 8 (very good: solid results); 7 (good); 6 (adequate: knowledge satisfies minimum criteria); 5–1 (inadequate). In order to pass an examination, a candidate must achieve a grade between adequate (6) and excellent (10).

Progress:

In order to progress from the first year to the second year, students must complete at least 30 first-year credits from course units A, B or C, select a supervisor and, where appropriate, a co-supervisor approved by the Faculty of Information Studies senate, and submit a doctoral dissertation proposal, which must be assessed as adequate.
In order to progress from the second year to the third year, candidates must have completed all first-year course units amounting to 60 credits and individual work from the second year in the amount of 60 credits.

Conditions for obtaining a public document:

In order to complete the study programme students must complete all course units prescribed by the programme and publish one scholarly article in a journal abstracted in the SCI, SSCI/SCIE or A&HCI, or two scholarly articles in international scholarly journals abstracted in the IBSS, CSA Sociological Abstract, CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstract, CSA PAIS International, International Political Science Abstract, LISA, STMA, SCOPUS, COMPENDEX, or other equivalent international databases important for the fields developed by the faculty, from the field of the topic of the doctoral dissertation (the scholarly article must be published in one of the foreign languages).
In order to complete the programme, students must complete all 180 credits prescribed by the study programme and prepare and successfully defend a doctoral dissertation.

Awarding body:

Faculty of Information studies in Novo mesto

URL

Awarding body URL:
https://www.fis.unm.si/
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