The Doctoral Thesis proposal 

Before the end of the first year, the candidate together with the proposed mentor designs the Doctoral Thesis proposal. The Doctoral Thesis proposal must be original, within the competencies of the proposed mentor and have an original contribution to science. Scientific contribution can be defined as the result of scientific research that brought a change in the scientific knowledge of a selected science discipline.

Thesis proposal candidate register with following form: 

 Form PhD. - 01 - Request for Approval of the Dissertation Topic - admission via OBAD system

 Instructions for completing the Dr.sc.01 form

The Proposal is evaluated by the Board for Postgraduate Studies - Doctoral Studies and appoints the Committee for the evaluation of the Doctoral Thesis proposal, confirmed by the Faculty Council. After a positive Faculty Council decision, the candidate approaches the public debate before the Committee. The committee evaluates the suitability of the Thesis, the  contemporary of the methods, the scientific contribution and the originality of the proposed research, on the basis of which makes a motion to either accept or return for revision or reject the proposed Doctoral thesis.

Chair of the Committee writes evaluation report on following form:  

Form dr. sc. - 03 - Decision on Approval of the Dissertation Topic 

confirmed by the Faculty Council.

Pilot research can be conducted to test the feasibility of the research design, but the entire research should not be conducted because changes to the research plan may be suggested in order to improve and sometimes the suitability of a dissertation topic, after public debate of the Doctoral Thesis proposal. 

In order to apply for the Doctoral Thesis proposal, the candidate must attend at least three public debates of Thesis proposal.

The public debate of the Thesis proposal is held in duration of 10-15 minutes before appointed Committee and interested public. The presentation is to be held with common presenting software (PowerPoint, Prezzi...) Presentation has to be prepared by the guidelines for the Proposal presentation, which can be found at the following link: Instructions for making a presentation for Proposal.