PhDEducation
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 | S007 |
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) Bachelor’s Diploma and its supplement 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 |
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Other requirements | At least 2 reference(s) must be provided. Two separate up-to-date references signed by academic referees or researchers majoring in Education Sciences. 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. Recommendations by two academic referees from the field of Educational Sciences, who have research degrees of a Habilitated Doctor or Doctor; |
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Overview
Joint doctoral studies with the Lithuanian Sports University, Šiauliai University (from 2021 – Vilnius University Šiauliai Academy). Coordinating institution: Lithuanian Sports University.
Educational research provided by the team is based on the contemporary approach to education and learning, as well as on the using the best Lithuanian and world-wide pedagogical traditions. The team understands well that the boundaries of the discipline of Education have already broadened. The educational researchers focus not only on young generation’s and adults‘ formal, informal, non-formal education and learning, social education and education management, issues related to higher education but also on modern educational technologies, educational and learning environments and other issues related to educational innovations. Research is also carried out in the fields of employees‘ organizational learning in knowledge organizations, learning communities, development of learning cities and regions in terms of educational and learning challenges they face.
Having more than 50 years of experience and well known for preparing more than 100 PhDs who have knowledge of modern education, a team of researchers in Educational Science from Kaunas University of Technology is a recognised Centre of excellence in the field in Lithuania.
The high quality of doctoral studies is ensured not only by contribution in research projects on the most relevant topics nowadays but also by an active collaboration with the academics from University of Cambridge (United Kingdom), University of Haifa (Israel), California State University, Fullerton (USA) and others. Doctoral students participate in Erasmus+ exchanges that enable them to be active in an academic field on an international scale.