On March 31, 2025, University of Ljubljana published the Call for Enrolment in the doctoral degree programmes of the University of Ljubljana in the 2025/2026 academic year.
In the joint part of the call for enrolment you can find informations about:
- Application for enrolment,
- Submission of attachments to the application for enrolment,
- Serving documents and notifications related to the call for enrolment,
- Candidates with foreign certificates of education,
- Applications for enrolment in a higher year,
- Selection of candidates,
- Information for international students,
- Status of candidate with special needs and status of candidate with special status in the application and admission procedure.
Call for enrolment in doctoral programmes
Step 1: Find study field
Number of enrolment places: 242 – in total for citizens of the Republic of Slovenia, citizens of EU Member States, Slovenians without Slovenian citizenship and foreign citizens.
PhD study - available places at the Faculty of Social Sciences 2025/26
Step 2: Observe the deadlines
In accordance with the instructions in the joint part of the Call, enrolment candidates can apply on the eVŠ portal within two application deadlines:
- 1st deadline: 6 June 2025 (for citizens of the Republic of Slovenia, citizens of EU Member States and non-EU foreign citizens);
- 2nd deadline: from 16 June to 18 August 2025 (only for citizens of the Republic of Slovenia and citizens of EU Member States).
Candidates must complete and submit by the stated application deadlines their application for enrolment in the doctoral programme and all required evidence electronically via the eVŠ web portal. Detailed instructions for completing an enrolment application are posted on the website: https://studyinslovenia.si/how-to-apply/phd-level/
Enrolment will be completed by 30 September 2025 at the latest, at the member faculty that coordinates the field in question.
Step 3: Check requirements for enrolment
The doctoral programme in the Humanities and Social Sciences is open to:
- Graduates of Bologna Master’s study programmes.
- Graduates of study programmes leading to university a degree.
- Graduates of study programmes leading to a specialisation, following a previously completed higher education study programme; upon the proposal of a field coordinator responsible for the doctoral programme, a competent body of a member faculty determines study obligations worth 30 to 60 ECTS needed for enrolment in the third level doctoral programme.
- Graduates of study programmes leading to a masters degree or a specialisation following the completion of a first degree; upon the proposal of a field coordinator responsible for the doctoral programme, a competent body of a member faculty acknowledges study obligations to the value of at least 60 ECTS, thus enabling enrolment in a third level doctoral programme.
Students who finished equivalent education abroad meet the conditions for enrolment in doctoral study. Equivalence of formerly obtained education abroad is ascertained through the process of verification of foreign education, in compliance with Article 121 of the Statute of the University of Ljubljana.
Before registration it is necessary to get the supervisor's agreement.
Your previous study will be assessed in the procedure for recognition of foreign higher education credentials or diplomas.
Criteria for selection of students
Criteria for applicants' selection in the case of enrolment restrictions:
- grade point average in previous studies - 50%;
- oral exam/interview taken in front of an expert committee for the study field the candidate is applying for, accounts for the second 50%.
Upon the approval of the coordinator, an appropriate faculty member responsible for the doctoral study decides the applicant's suitability.
Step 4: Tuition costs and co-funding
Registration fee: approximatelly 70 €.
Tuition fee: 11.600,00 €
1st year: 3.800 €, 2nd year: 3.000 €, 3rd year: 2.200 € and 4th year: 2.600 €.
The tuition fee does not include the mandatory health insurance.
The selected students sign a learning agreement and pay the first year tuition fee. Students pay the tuition for the second, third and fourth year when they advance to the next year. Tuition fee for each academic year can be paid in three instalments – first upon enrolment, second in January, third in March.
The Faculty of Social Sciences is unable to offer financial assistance, but please refer to: https://www.uni-lj.si/en/study/scholarships
Co-Funding for doctoral studies
Pursuant to the Decree for the co-funding of doctoral studies (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 22 as of 28 April 2017), tuition fee co-funding may be granted to students meeting the following requirements:
- they are enrolled in the 1st, 2nd or 3rd year of doctoral studies and regularly advanced to 2nd and 3rd year of doctoral studies;
- they have not yet obtained the level of education matching the level of education obtained under third-cycle doctoral study programmes;
- their studies under study programmes to obtain a PhD, although never completed, are not or have not been co-funded from public funds. Students that have already been co-funded and regularly enrol in a higher year in a different doctoral study programme, are NOT eligible for co-funding.
Cross enrolment is not co-funded and, furthermore, students enrolled in an extra year are not entitled to co-funding.
Step 5: Submit your enrolment application
Candidates for enrolment in the advertised doctoral studies programmes should submit applications for enrolment electronically, using the eVŠ web portal.
Detailed instructions for completing an enrolment application are posted on the website: https://studyinslovenia.si/how-to-apply/phd-level/
Doctoral study programmes of the University of Ljubljana are open to all candidates, regardless of whether they have already completed their previous studies or not at the time of submitting their application. Although completing previous studies is not a requirement for submitting an application, it is a requirement for enrolment in a study programme. We advise candidates to submit their applications within the individual deadline if they expect to complete their studies before enrolment is completed.
Candidates who would like to enrol in doctoral study programmes under the criteria in place for transitions/advancement to higher years, and candidates who have not completed their post-graduate/doctoral study programmes must also submit electronic applications via the eVŠ web portal by the deadline stated for their respective study programme.
An application signed electronically and/or submitted by the application deadline on the eVŠ site is considered to be submitted in due time.
After successfully submitting an application, the candidate receives confirmation of a successfully submitted application at the email address stated in the application. If the candidate receives no confirmation, the application was not successfully submitted. We ask candidates to monitor also their spam email folders.
By submitting the application form the candidate guarantees the truthfulness of the information stated in the enrolment application.
Candidates should upload all the required supporting documents for their application on the eVŠ portal. Scanned documents or photographs of original certificates and other required documents and supporting material are valid as evidence of meeting the admission requirements in the application and admission procedure. Detailed instruction for submitting attachments on the eVŠ web portal are posted at: https://studyinslovenia.si/how-to-apply/phd-level/
The list of required attachments and the deadline by which the required documents must be uploaded to the eVŠ web portal are visible in the on-line application. All supporting documents on the completion of studies and other required evidence and attachments should be submitted at the same time as the enrolment application, or subsequently in accordance with the instructions and deadlines in this call or in accordance with the notifications that candidates receive from the UL member faculty. Candidates will be informed of the request for completion of the application on the eVŠ portal at the e-mail address provided in the application.
Candidates should take careful note of the final day for electronic submission of attachments to their applications, since after that date attachments can no longer be submitted. Candidates should not send attachments by ordinary mail - all supporting documents required for the application should be uploaded via the eVŠ web portal. In the event of technical or other difficulties in submitting the required supporting documents and attachments on the eVŠ web portal, applicants are kindly requested to report this to the first level of applicant support at ekc@gov.si (please note that requests for assistance will be dealt with during office hours), otherwise complaints about technical difficulties in submitting the required annexes will not be taken into account.
Each candidate may submit a maximum of three attachments per upload, and the size of an individual attachment may not exceed 5 MB. Candidates are required to monitor the e-mail address stated in their applications, and the eVŠ web portal, since communication and possible requests for supplementing applications are conducted in this way. Candidates must themselves ensure the validity of the e-mail address given in their applications.
Candidates can obtain detailed information on the evidence required for their application and the recognition of studies for the purpose of further education when they apply at the eVŠ portal and at the contact addresses indicated for individual doctoral programmes.
Contacts and addresses for candidate support in completing the application for enrolment:
At the first level support is provided to applicants via the EKC (Single Contact Centre of the state administration):Resolving technical issues related to accessing the SI-PASS system. Contact information: 080 2002, email: ekc@gov.si – office hours: every working day from 8.00 do 22.00
The second level of support for applicants comes through the ŠOS (Student Organisation of Slovenia): Resolving substantive issues, offering assistance to international students with attachments, etc. Contact information: +386 64 179 197, email: info@podpora-vpis.si.
The third level of support for applicants is provided by the MVZI (Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation). Contact information: +386 1 478 46 59, email: evs-prijava.mvzi@gov.si
For content-related questions in relation to the call for enrolment please write to: doctoral.studies@fdv.uni-lj.si.
Applications for enrolment must include the following:
- Short CV with bibliography
- Documents required for the recognition of education (see list in Step 6)
- Outline of Ph.D. thesis (max 1000 words) which should inculde: title; comprehensive literature review as a basis for the scientific relevance of the proposed research; the research question(s) derived from the review of literature or/and thesis/ hypothesis; description of the research methodology, research methods and structure of the thesis; argumentation of the original contribution of the thesis to the selected scientific field; list of sources;
- Consent of the supervisor / co-supervisor (appendix to application for enrolment)
Potential supervisors at the Faculty of Social Scicences
We strongly suggest to applicants to first contact the study field coordinator and consult with him/her about the relevance of the proposed topic of dissertation and the choice of a supervisor.
IMPORTANT!
We strongly encourage you to start working on fulfilling all the formal requirements as soon as possible to avoid any procedural or other difficulties along the way. The Faculty of Social Sciences shall bear no responsibility with any procedures outside those directly related with studies at the University. For example, fulfilling of any requirements related to internal affairs (e.g. visas) are and will be considered as being entirely and solely the responsibility of the applicant.
Step 6: Recognition of foreign education for enrolment in doctoral studies
A candidate who has finished his or her studies in a foreign country (not Slovenia) and would like to continue education in the Slovenian higher education institution is obliged to acquire a decision on the recognition of the foreign education. The foreign certificates of education which will be submitted via the eVŠ together with all the required evidence and supporting material will automatically undergo the process of recognition of foreign educational qualifications for the purpose of further education at the University of Ljubljana.
Information on education recognition procedures can be found on the following website: https://www.uni-lj.si/en/study/doctoral-study/recognition-of-education
The admissions procedure will process and consider only those applications and requests for recognition of foreign education that are submitted in the eVŠ system by the end of the application deadline.
Candidates can attach to their application a scan or photograph of a personal identity document with their written consent on the eVŠ web portal as follows:
- citizens of EU Member States: personal ID or passport (page showing the candidate’s personal data, including name, surname, date and place of birth and citizenship),
- foreign citizens of non-EU Member States: passport (page showing the candidate’s personal data, including name, surname, date and place of birth and citizenship).
The education recognition procedure must be concluded before enrolment in the doctoral study programme.
The required documents in the process of recognition of foreign education are:
- scan/photo of the Bachelor diploma (scan all the pages of the document)
- scan/photo of the Bachelor's diploma supplement, transcript of records or other relevant document in evidence of content and duration of education
- scan/photo of the Master diploma (scan all the pages of the document)
- scan/photo of the Master's diploma supplement, transcript of records or other relevant document in evidence of content and duration of education
- scan/photo of chronological description of the completed education (prepared and signed by the candidate)
PLEASE NOTE: The procedure of recognition begins when the application is complete.
Step 7: Check for pre-departure arrangements
Step 9: Contact Student Affairs Office
Back to list of notificationsPublished: 17. June 2025 | Category: Calls for applications