How long: 3 years, 180 ECTS; graduates receive the title Doctor of Science (doktor znanosti).
Your status: full-time or part-time. Under the young researchers scheme (running since 1985) many doctoral students are employed during their studies, with salaries paid from public funds; a co-funding scheme supports doctorates linked to business or social challenges.
How to get in: a completed second-cycle (master's) degree; selection may take into account grades, research achievements and an entrance exam.
Where to look: doctoral positions and calls are published on the websites of universities and their doctoral schools and on EURAXESS. Programmes in Slovenia in our database: Slovenia – 118 doctoral programmes (as of September 2026) »
Sources: Eurydice – national description of third-cycle (PhD) programmes (updated 27 November 2023). As of October 2026.
Sources: European Commission – Study in Europe (education.ec.europa.eu/study-in-europe), Eurostat, official national study and residence portals and authorities, Eurodesk, enic-naric.net, studentnews.eu. As of September 2026.
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