Name of qualification Name of qualification: Doktor znanosti/doktorica znanosti s področja informacijske in komunikacijske tehnologije Add to comparison
Translated title (no legal status) Translated title: Doctor of Philosophy in the field of information and communication technology
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:

Completed:

  • a second-cycle study programme or
  • a non-structured master’s degree study programme totalling 300 credits, or
  • a former (pre-Bologna) study programme leading to a university qualification.

Graduates of former study programmes leading to a specialisation who previously completed a first-cycle professional education programme, with completed study requirements including individual research work totalling 30 credits.

In a third-cycle doctoral study programme, study requirements totalling 60 credit are recognised for graduates of former study programmes leading to a Master’s of Science or specialisation following the completion of study programmes leading to a university qualification.
ISCED field Field:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)
ISCED subfield subfield: information and communication technologies (icts) not further defined
Qualification level

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

Learning outcomes:

The qualification holder is qualified to:

(general competences)

  • perform independent research work in the field of information and communication technology,
  • research, select and organise information in order to synthesise solutions and anticipate their consequences,
  • master research methods, procedures and processes, develop critical and self-critical assessment,
  • apply acquired knowledge in practice,
  • perform professional work autonomously, and perform activities responsibly and creatively,
  • develop communication skills, particularly in the international environment,
  • develop ethical reflection, and commitment to professional ethics and regulations, and
  • cooperate and work to resolve common tasks and problems within a group and in the international environment.

(subject-specific competences)

  • possess knowledge of the development of computer science and understand the concepts of computer architecture,
  • possess knowledge of the construction and operation of the primary functional elements of computer systems,
  • possess knowledge of advanced computer architectures, and their characteristics and limitations in terms of possible applications in practice,
  • possess knowledge of the concepts and principles of data mining and the identification of principles in databases,
  • recognise various types of telecommunication networks and analyse their capacities, as the basis for introducing telecommunication services,
  • understand basic physical events and processes in telecommunication systems,
  • understanding the functioning of internet networks,
  • understand the functioning of state-of-the-art network technologies,
  • select and apply approaches and methodologies for handling and administering systems that rely on internet protocol stacks,
  • identify required data and select the appropriate tools required to plan networks,
  • continue research and development work relating to digital transfer and internet technologies,
  • optimise software, taking into account the characteristics of a given computer architecture,
  • integrate knowledge and master complexity when resolving specific problems in computer applications,
  • use specific data mining techniques,
  • create applications with data mining tools,
  • assess and evaluate the results of data mining,
  • possess knowledge of benchmarking concepts and the ability to interpret and present the benchmarking results, and
  • acquire basic engineering knowledge by combining existing solutions.

Assesment and completion:
Examination performance is scored 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:
Students may enrol in a higher year if by the end of the academic year they have met all enrolment requirements defined by the study programme. 

Conditions for obtaining a public document:
  • fulfilment of all compulsory and elective requirements,
  • have published or have accepted for publication at least two works or patents in international scientific publications, of which at least one in a magazine, included in SCI or Web of Science, with an impact factor, and
  • successful oral presentation of doctoral dissertation.

Awarding body:

Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School

URL

Awarding body URL:
https://www.mps.si/splet/index.asp
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