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Department of Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies

Address: 72, Nauky Avenue, Dnipro, 49045, 2nd floor
Office 215, tel.: (056) 374-98-25

E-mail: aspdnu215@gmail.com

Office hours: from 13:00 to 16:00.

Head of the Department of Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies - Vainilovych Iryna

Inspector of the Department of Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies - Zamiesova Tetiana

For further information on postgraduate and doctoral studies follow the link: https://www.dnu.dp.ua/view/aspirantu

The Department of Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies reports to the Vice-Rector for Research.

Primary tasks of the department

The primary tasks of the department consist in carrying out organizational activities for the training of high-qualification scientific and scientific-pedagogical personnel, more precisely:
- organization and implementation of measures for the quality selection of postgraduate and doctoral students based on proposals from the relevant faculties;
- forming committees for entrance examinations, organizing and conducting examinations among applicants for postgraduate studies;
- organization of the educational process with postgraduate students and control over the implementation of individual curricula of postgraduate students, control of attendance;
- attestation of postgraduate (biannually) and doctoral students;
- preparation of all forms of reporting to the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the Statistical department, and local governments as required by regulatory acts.

Functions of the department
1. Development of annual and long-term plans for training of scientific and scientific-pedagogical personnel in accordance with the needs of the DNU, control over their strict implementation.
2. Preparation of reporting documents on the training of highly qualified personnel (Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Science) in the prescribed formats for submission to the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and other state authorities.
3. Collection of information from faculties that train highly qualified specialists regarding admission to postgraduate and doctoral studies with further processing of an application to the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine for obtaining state-funded positions in postgraduate and doctoral studies.
4. Organization of the admission campaign for postgraduate and doctoral studies:
- acceptance of applicants' documents;
- preparation of materials for the meeting of the Admission Committee.
5. Preparation of orders on:
- admission to the entrance exams;
- approval of the composition of subject committees for entrance examinations;
- approval of the educational process curriculum
- enrollment in postgraduate and doctoral programs, awarding scholarships;
- conducting attestations of postgraduate students (biannually);
- assigning postgraduate students to teaching practice;
- approval of the composition of groups for studying elective courses;
- other current orders.
6. Preparation of the necessary documentation for consideration by the Academic Council of DNU:
- updating the registry of research supervisors of postgraduate students;
- enrollment in doctoral studies;
- expulsion of postgraduate students who do not fulfill the postgraduate activities plan based on the results of attestation, etc.
7. Organization and control over the educational process of training postgraduate students and doctoral candidates in accordance with the curriculum.
8. Preparation and registration of documents on completion of training (academic certificates), Doctor of Philosophy diplomas and supplements to the Doctor of Philosophy diploma according to European norms.
9. Preparation and submission of personal files of expelled postgraduate students, doctoral students, and applicants to the DNU archive in accordance with the set procedure.
10. Acceptance and processing of documents for attaching individual engaged in professional scientific activity to the University for obtaining higher education of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy outside of postgraduate studies.