UM Doctoral School

The University of Maribor is publishing the »Public Call for Applications for the Co-Funding of Doctoral Study Programmes for Students of the University of Maribor – 2025/2026 Academic Year«.

Co-funding may be approved for an applicant who meets the following requirements:

-          In the 2025/2026 academic year, the applicant is enrolled in the 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd or 4^th year of doctoral study and has regularly progressed into the next year of study during his/her study.

-          The applicant has previously not completed any study programme which corresponds to the qualification level awarded under the 3^rd-cycle study programmes.

-          The applicant has previously not received any public grants or other forms of public funding for study programmes leading to “doktorat znanosti" (PhD), irrespective of the institution where he studied or whether he has completed his doctoral studies.

-          The applicant has a supervisor or intended supervisor.

-          The applicant has received at least 21 points under the criteria for the evaluation of the doctoral applicant's eligibility.

We would like to inform you that a change has been made to section 3 of the form »Enclosure 1: Doctoral Dissertation outline Proposal«. Instead of indicating the estimated ability to publish the scientific-research work (international scientific publications), it is now required to describe the expected original scientific contributions (a content justification – not international scientific publications).​

The applications must arrive, regardles of the type of shipment, to the dispatch office of the University of Maribor no later than by 19 September 2025 until noon (12:00) CET.​

Below you can find the documentation for the public call for the academic year 2025/2026​​. ​

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​The University of Maribor is preparing the Izpopolni UM educational courses, which also include workshops intended for UM doctoral students, where they learn and upgrade transferable knowledge that will benefit them in the continuation of their careers. The training is carried out by experienced higher education teachers and associates of the University of Maribor, as well as internationa​lly recognized and competent experts from other organizations in Slovenia and abroad who have extensive experience and relevant professional knowledge.

​The University of Maribor organiz​es doctoral promotion ceremonies four times a year, twice in winter, once in spring a​nd once in autumn. If necessary, also more often. The exact date of the promotion is determined by the Rector in accordance with the UM Statute.

Doctoral promotion candidates must meet the conditions set out in article 157 of the UM Statute, as well as the criteria set out in article 30 of the Ru​le​s and Regulations on Doctora​l Studies at the University of Maribor.

According to article 157 of the UM Statute, the Senate of the University of Maribor confirmed the interpretation that a summary of a publication in a foreign language in a publication that has all summaries in a foreign language means a longer summary (summary of at least 500 words), on the basis of which the doctoral dissertation is accessible to the world public.

The UM Senate adopted an authentic interpretation of Article 157 of the UM Statute, namely that "the second paragraph of Article 157 shall be interpreted together with the first paragraph of the same article in such a way that the doctoral candidate's findings must be published in a foreign language (except for national sciences) in a publication, published in EU or OECD countries, or in a publication that has all abstracts in a foreign language of an EU or OECD country, provided that the findings from the doctoral dissertation are available to the world scientific community through such publication."