Teaching process is structured around semesters. All teaching components last one semester. A semester consists of calendar weeks.

The official duration of the program is 3 years (6 semesters). Maximum duration is 5 years (10 semesters). Program consists of the teaching component (60 ECTS credits) and a research component that comprises no less than 2 years (4 academic semesters).

Out of 60 ECTS of teaching component:

• 34 ECTS credits contribute to the mandatory seminars and methodology courses;
• 6 ECTS credits contribute to the elective (optional) seminars (students can choose one of the elective seminars);
• 20 ECTS credits contribute to the mandatory teaching/assistanship module.    

Before defending the dissertation, the doctoral student is required to:  

• To participate in the scientific conference in the direction of the dissertation topic;•The doctoral student is obliged to publish at least two scientific articles (or to have consent for publication). Among them, one article should be published in a refereed (peer-reviewed) journal with a foreign international index corresponding to the specificity of the field. Published articles should be thematically related to the thesis topic;
• After registering on the research component, PhD student is obliged to present a report on the work completed at the end of each semester in accordance with pre-defined forms.

See Program.