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. Only applicants who are nationals of the Slovenia and the EU can apply by this deadline!
Doctoral Programmes organised at the university level
Doctoral Studies Office - closed from July 28 to August 8, 2025
Second doctoral presentation - Tinca Lukan
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT WELCOME DAY, 15. 9. 2025 at 1 pm CEST
9th International PhD Conference "Research Ethics and Integrity – Theory and Practice"
Subsidized Student Meals system for the academic year 2025/2026
Faculty of Social Sciences Kardeljeva ploščad 5 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Phone: +386 1 58 05 218, +386 1 58 05 120
Email: doctoral.studies@fdv.uni-lj.si
Every working day from 11 a.m. till 1 p.m. in office DS-06.
Afternoon office hours: upon agreement by email
October 1, 2025 – January 19, 2025
February 17, 2025 – May 30, 2025
Fee per programme: 11.600,00 €* Fee per study year: 1st year: 3.800 €, 2nd year: 3.000 €, 3rd year: 2.200 €, 4th year: 2.600 €
*From the academic year 2025/26.
Theories of Society 2024/25
Methodology and epistemology of the social sciences 2024/25
Metodology and epistemology of social sciences - seminar 2024/25
Lectures for the preparation of the doctoral disposition 2024/25
Here you can find the the Rules on doctoral studies, instructions and forms.
Here you can find the schedule for 1st and 2nd doctoral presentations.
Template for final thesis writing at the 3rd study cycle FDV
Statement on the public proclimation of the success or failure of the PhD viva