Name of qualification Name of qualification: Magister filozofije/magistrica filozofijeAdd to comparison
Translated title (no legal status) Translated title: Master's degree in philosophy
Type of qualification Type of qualification: Master’s degree
Category of qualification Category of qualification: Educational Qualification
Type of education Type of education: Master's education
Duration Duration of education:
2 years
Credits Credits: 120 credits
Admission requirements Entry conditions:
  • A completed first-cycle (Bologna) academic higher education programme in Philosophy (single-subject); or
  • a completed first-cycle (Bologna) two-subject academic higher education programme in Philosophy; or
  • a completed pre-Bologna undergraduate programme in Philosophy (two-subject programme without teacher training component); or
  • a completed pre-Bologna undergraduate programme in Philosophy (two-subject programme with teacher training component); or
  • any other completed first-cycle (Bologna) academic higher education programme or pre-Bologna undergraduate programme, where depending on the field of the completed programme candidates must pass differential examinations in core philosophy subjects consisting of 50 credits from the first-cycle (Bologna) academic higher education programme in Philosophy (single subject).
ISCED field Field:
Arts and humanities
ISCED subfield subfield: philosophy and ethics
Qualification level

SQF Level: SQF 8
EQF Level: EQF 7
EOVK Level: Second level

Learning outcomes:
The qualification holder will be able to:
(general competences)
  • autonomously use sources and information and analyse them comparatively,
  • apply modern information technology methods,
  • understand and comment on basic philosophical texts, 
  • think critically and with autonomy, make autonomous judgements and demonstrate openness to other views, positions, solutions, etc., 
  • apply interdisciplinary knowledge, 
  • demonstrate knowledge of research methodology and apply it,

(subject-specific competences)

  • read, interpret, comment on and critically evaluate basic philosophical texts, 
  • evaluate the philosophical range of texts and the epistemologisation of knowledge, 
  • demonstrate a thorough mastery of the conceptual apparatus of different philosophies and undertake comparative analysis and critical evaluation, 
  • think critically in the field of the history of philosophy and in the addressing of philosophical problems, 
  • think critically in the field of modern philosophies and undertake comparative analysis and reflection in this field, 
  • assess European and world intellectual heritage, 
  • apply research methodology in the field of philosophy, 
  • assimilate professional ethics and research ethics,
  • actively confront fashionable trends and ideological and other pressures in the fields of philosophy and the humanities, and critically evaluate them with the support of arguments, 
  • develop a competent attitude towards the natural and cultural environment, 
  • produce an original survey article or research paper within philosophy as an academic discipline,
  • formulate an enlightened and cosmopolitan view of the world.

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 to the next year, students must have completed course units totalling 90% of the credits prescribed by the curriculum for the individual year (i.e. 54 out of 60 credits).

Progression:

Third-cycle doctoral study programmes (SQF level 10)

Conditions for obtaining a public document:

In order to complete the programme, students must complete all course units prescribed by the curriculum and individual syllabuses, for a total of 120 credits. In the final year of the programme, students write a relevant master's thesis (30 credits), which must be successfully defended.

Awarding body:

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts

URL

Awarding body URL:
https://filo.ff.uni-lj.si/en
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