Name of qualification Name of qualification: Doktor znanosti/doktorica znanosti s področja kognitivnih znanosti jezikaAdd to comparison
Translated title (no legal status) Translated title: Doctor of Philosophy in the field of cognitive language sciences
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:
4 years
Credits Credits: 240 credits
Admission requirements Entry conditions:

Candidates who have completed the following can enroll in the doctoral study programme in Linguistics:

  • a second level study programme; or
  • Current study programme for obtaining a university education; or
  • Uniform master's degree if it lasted five years and is valued at 300 credit points; or
  • Previous study programmes for obtaining a specialization and have previously completed a professional higher programme if they have completed additional study obligations in the range of 30 to 60 credit points;
  • Education abroad, equivalent to the aforementioned programmes
ISCED field Field:
Arts and humanities
ISCED subfield subfield: language acquisition
Qualification level

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

Learning outcomes:

Qualification holders are qualified to:

General competences:

  • Ability to solve concrete work problems using scientific methods and procedures.
  • Ability to place new information and interpretations in the context of research work.
  • Understanding and application of methods of critical analysis and development of theories and their use in solving concrete work problems.
  • Use of information and communication technology and systems in a specific research area
  • Autonomy in professional and scientific research work.
  • Ability to identify scientifically interesting topics.
  • Professional criticism and responsibility.
  • Ability to engage in scientific work, write and present one's own scientific work.
  • Search for new sources of knowledge in the professional and scientific field.
  • Willingness to continuous (lifelong) improvement.

Subject-specific competences:

  • The student gets acquainted with the latest directions of linguistics, especially in the field of syntax, phonetics and semantics, in the context of modern cognitive science.
  • The student gets acquainted with the possibilities of interdisciplinary connection of strict linguistics with natural sciences and mathematics. biology, cognitive psychology, mathematics, and neuroscience, and acquires the ability to formulate and solve problems at the intersections between these sciences.
  • The student gets acquainted with the methods of independent research work.
  • The student gets acquainted with the latest basic experimental methods of neurolinguistics and psycholinguistics.
  • Other subject-specific competences are described in more detail in point 4.5, where educational subjects are listed for each subject.

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:

The condition for progression to the second year is the completion of 50 ECTS. The condition for progression to the third year is the completion of all obligations (60 ECTS) of the first year and the completion of 50 ECTS of the second year.

The condition for progression to the third year is, in addition to the mentioned ECTS, also the preparation of the topic of the doctoral dissertation, confirmed by the scientific council of the doctoral programme.

Conditions for obtaining a public document:

To complete the studies, the student must collect 240 credits (ECTS) and write and successfully defend a doctoral dissertation. Students who complete all obligations under this programme are awarded a doctorate of science by the University of Nova Gorica, which is a public document.

Awarding body:

University of Nova Gorica, Graduate School

URL

Awarding body URL:
http://www.ung.si/en/
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