PhD program
Postgraduate study is an educational program of postgraduate education of the first stage, aimed at training highly qualified researchers, including writing and preparing a dissertation defense for the degree of Candidate of Sciences.
Acceptance of documents from foreign citizens to study is carried out during the year.
Postgraduate studies are carried out in person, in absentia or in the form of a job application:
• To study at postgraduate school (full-time and part-time education), you must have a certificate of passing candidate exams in philosophy and methodology of science, in the Russian language, as well as in the basics of information technology. Candidate exams can be passed in institutions of higher education of the Republic of Belarus that have the right to take these exams. As a rule, these exams are taken while studying for a master’s degree at universities of the Republic of Belarus. The term of study in full—time graduate school is up to 3 years, in correspondence — up to 4 years.
Postgraduate studies include in-depth study of general and special disciplines, passing the prescribed exams and tests, mastering the methods and means of scientific research, performing scientific research in accordance with the chosen specialty of the relevant branch of science on the relevant topic, systematization and generalization of the results obtained in order to prepare and defend a dissertation for the degree of candidate of sciences.
During postgraduate studies, a postgraduate student is obliged to pass a candidate’s exam in the specialty (if necessary, other candidate examinations and tests), perform scientific research in accordance with the approved topic of the dissertation and an individual work plan, publish at least three articles in scientific publications from the established list, make at least 1 scientific report to present the prepared dissertation for preliminary examination in the organization at the place of its execution.
Activities related to the defense of the dissertation are carried out on a paid basis during the period of postgraduate study or after its completion on the basis of a separate contract.
Applicants to graduate school must have a higher education at the Master of Science level.
The cost of training is about 2000 USD per year.