Postgraduate University Study Programme Civil Engineering

Application and defence of the doctoral thesis topic


By applying and publicly defending the doctoral thesis topic, the student initiates the procedure for the acquisition of the doctorate of science 

 

The procedure for applying the topic of the doctoral thesis has been regulated in detail by the Statute of the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture Osijek – consolidated text from May of 2017, the Ordinance on Postgraduate Study Programmes at the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek from July of 2015, and the Study Programme of the Postgraduate University Study Programme Civil Engineering. 

 

i) Applying the doctoral thesis topic

 

After all the conditions have been met, the postgraduate study programme student must apply the topic on the form OB-7-8-1 Doctoral Thesis Topic Proposal. Along with the topic application, the student will propose a mentor, mentors, or co-mentors of the doctoral thesis using the form OB-7-8-2 Statement on the Selection of the Mentor

 

The Committee for the Postgraduate Study Programme will determine whether the conditions for initiating the procedure for the recognition of the doctoral thesis topic have been met.

 

If the conditions for the application of the topic have been met, the institution Council will appoint the Committee for the Recognition of the Doctoral Thesis Topic and determine the location and the date for the defence of the doctoral thesis topic.

 

ii) Public defence of the doctoral thesis topic

 

The defence of the doctoral thesis topic is public. The date and the location of the doctoral thesis topic defence will be posted on the notice board and the website of the University and the institution implementing the study programme. 

 

The applicant must defend their doctoral thesis topic before the Committee for the Recognition of the Doctoral Thesis Topic, the Science Committee, and other doctoral students and interested persons. The protocol and the instructions for drafting the presentation for the public defence of the doctoral thesis topic are available at the bottom of the page.

 

Minutes from the Public Defence of the Doctoral Thesis Topic (OB-7-8-3) are an integral part of the Report and Proposal of the Committee for the Recognition of the Doctoral Thesis Topic (OB-7-8-4). 

 

Based on the explained report and proposal of the Committee for the Recognition of the Doctoral Thesis Topic, the Council of the institution will issue the final decision on the recognition or rejection of the proposed doctoral thesis topic. 

 

After the doctoral thesis topic is accepted, the student may commence writing their doctoral thesis. 

 

Forms and download instructions:

OB-7-8-1 Doctoral Thesis Topic Proposal

OB-7-8-2 Statement on the Selection of the Mentor

Protocol for the Public Defence of the Doctoral Thesis Topic

Instructions for Preparing the Presentation for the Public Defence of the Doctoral Thesis Topic

 

 

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