Name of qualification Name of qualification: Doktor znanosti/doktorica znanosti s področja kineziologijeAdd to comparison
Translated title (no legal status) Translated title: Doctorate in the field of Kinesiology
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:
  • Diploma of second level study programmes from the Faculty of Sports or
  • Diploma of second level study programmes of other courses if the candidates pass a special entry examination or
  • Diploma of earlier study programmes for obtaining a Master’s after completing university education in kinesiology; candidates are acknowledged with 60 ECTS of study requirements, or
  • Diploma of the earlier study programme for obtaining the university education for Teacher of Sports Education, or
  • Diploma of other national and foreign universities according to the stipulated requirements described in the previous paragraphs.
ISCED field Field:
Services
ISCED subfield subfield: sports
Qualification level

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

Learning outcomes:

Qualification holders are qualified to:

(general competences)

  • independent creative scientific research and development work in kinesiology, 
  • pursuing and evaluating the latest achievements in the general field of kinesiology appropriately,
  • critical attitude towards the results of their research and development work,
  • addressing a scientific research problem creatively and independently,
  • team work with experts from different fields of expertise,

(programme-specific competences)

  • implementing modern kinesiological methods and procedures in addressing research and development problems,
  • placing kinesiology in a general social context,
  • communicating and reporting of their work and results to the global kinesiological science and society.

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:

In order to advance from the 1. to 2. year of the doctoral study programme, students must complete all the requirements in the amount of at least 50 ECTS. Candidates, who have completed all the requirements of the organised courses in 1. and 2. year, can progress to the 3. year of the postgraduate doctoral study programme. The final, third year is intended for individual research work and the production and defence of the doctoral thesis.

Conditions for obtaining a public document:

In order to complete the doctoral programme, candidates need to successfully complete all the prescribed requirements and successfully defend the doctoral thesis and obtain a total of 180 ECTS. Another requirement is also the publication of at least one scientific article in the field of expertise of the doctoral thesis in a SCI indexed journal. The doctoral student needs to be the primary author of the article. The scientific article needs to be published or accepted for publication before defending the doctoral thesis.

Awarding body:

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Sport

URL

Awarding body URL:
https://www.fsp.uni-lj.si/en/
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