PhDChemistry
| Study location | Lithuania, Kaunas |
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| Type | Doctoral, full-time |
| Nominal duration | 4 years (30 ECTS) |
| Study language | English |
| Awards | PhD (Doctoral Degree in Science) |
| Course code | N003 |
| Application fee | €100 one-time Payable within 2 weeks from the application submission by transferring it to the KTU bank account. Non-refundable. Bank details will be provided during application. |
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| Entry qualification | Postgraduate diploma (or higher) Minimum requirements Candidates with a Master’s Degree or equivalent degree of higher education may participate in an open competition for admission to doctoral studies. Applicants to the doctoral program in the field of science are accepted by competition according to the competition score. Minimum Competition Score 7.5 Additional conditions: The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English / Lithuanian. You must take verified copies of the entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university. Doctoral School, |
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| Territory requirements | Applications are accepted from the following territories (based on citizenship): World. |
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| Language requirements | English If the previous education documents were issued not in Lithuania, they have to be acknowledged in the Republic of Lithuania under the applicable procedures. Evaluation and recognition of the education documents is conducted by the University only upon receiving copmlete package of application for the participation in the competition for doctoral studies along with any other required documents prior to the deadline. |
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| Other requirements | At least 2 reference(s) must be provided. Two separate up-to-date recommendations signed by academic referees or researchers majoring in Chemistry. A motivation letter must be added to your application. Note: 1. In this section you must indicate dissertation topic (from the dissertation topics list given at admissions.ktu.edu/phd for each programme) ONLY 2. Any explicit and detailed motivation must be added as a separate document 1. Official legalised Bachelor’s and Master’s diplomas or a higher education degree equivalents and academic transcripts. |
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Overview
Possibilities to attain European PhD (Doctor Europeus) in partnership with PCAM (Physics and Chemistry of Advanced Materials Network)
Objective of doctoral study programme in chemistry is training doctors of science, who are ready for research career, able to work as scientists and educators. The programme aims to expand their knowledge in chemistry and related fields, at the same time developing their skills of critical thinking, creativity, training their ability to seek original and independent solutions.
The study program lasts 4 years and is completed by a public defense of doctoral dissertation. The program of study is adapted to the needs of individual students, depending on their prior training and research interests. Study and research opportunities for doctoral students are comprehensive and interdisciplinary, covering inorganic, organic, inorganic, physical, analytical, computational, and theoretical chemistry, food chemistry, materials chemistry, atmospheric and environmental chemistry. Research is typically started during the first year of study. However, during the first two years of studies, PhD students also have to take doctoral modules in broad areas or special topics (30 ECTS in total). Subsequent years focus on thesis research only and writing the dissertation. Original research, performed under the direction of a supervisor and consultants, plays a major role in this degree. The ground of the final dissertation has to be based on at least 2 published original scientific publications (one of them may be accepted only for publication) in high rank international chemistry or material science journals, where the PhD student must be the first author of the article, and the corresponding presentations in international scientific conferences.