Doctoral Studies

The Lithuanian Government by way of Resolution # 926 on July 15th, 2003, gave Mykolas Romeris University the right to prepare doctoral candidates for doctoral studies and the right to award social science doctoral degrees: Law (code 01S) and Management and Administration (code 03S) and Psychology (code 06S).  From 2011 the University implements also doctoral programs in Education, Economics and Philology. Doctoral studies include not only studies, but also scientific research, the publication of scientific results in academic journals, books, dissemination of research results in scientific events, and preparation and defense of thesis. Doctoral studies take four years for full-time students and six years for part-time students. Mykolas Romeris University has prepared over 150 doctoral thesis in social sciences, which were successfully presented and defended as well as two habilitated doctoral law works. At the present time there are ~170 doctoral candidates at the University.

Seeking to ensure the quality of doctoral programmes, Mykolas Romeris University in 2003-2004 took part in the European University Association project, “The Quality of Doctoral Studies” (EUA: Doctoral Programmes Project), and thus successfully implemented four European Commission financed projects, “Innovation Development at Mykolas Romeris University’s Master’s and Doctoral Studies”, “European Social Sciences Education Sphere Development: Youth Competency Forum Creation at Mykolas Romeris University”, “Social Sciences in an Information Society: Quality Assurance System Improvement at Mykolas Romeris University”, and “Effective Mykolas Romeris University Master’s Degree Internships/Doctoral Sabbatical Systems' Implementation and Creation at Mykolas Romeris University”. University doctoral candidates also successfully took part in international doctoral networks: Connex doctoral network, New-Neighborhood doctoral network, Nordic-Baltic doctoral and young researchers’ network. 

The University successfully collaborates with foreign partners and is always developing bilateral guidance opportunities for doctoral thesis. At this time agreements for bilateral guidance for doctoral thesis have been signed with Kingston University (United Kingdom); Brno Masaryk University (Czech Republic); Aix-Marseille University (France); Poitiers University (France); Uppsala University (Sweden); University of Cordoba (Spain). The University has also signed agreements for doctoral programmes with Aix-Marseille University and Universite de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour (France).

Doctoral candidates actively pursue sabbaticals or study abroad in: Kiel, Kingston, Uppsala, Wroclaw, Aix-Marseille, Fribourg, Brno-Masaryk and other Universities. There are plans to continue the doctoral mobility programme for doctoral candidates. At this time doctoral candidates have the possibility to undertake sabbaticals, according to the Erasmus mobility programme in 24 universities within the European Union. The countries included are: Austria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland. The University is always seeking to enhance the quality of its programmes.

In 2006 doctoral study quality improvement methodology was prepared. There was also a self-analysis assessment implemented for Law and Management and Administration doctoral studies. The recommendations are successfully being implemented in doctoral studies.

From 2010 Mykolas Romeris University is involved in the project "Creation of a Cross-Disciplinary Doctoral Program in Contemporary Russian and Chinese Economic Law in a Global Economy" (RUCHIN). Also from 2011 the University  together with foreign partners implements the doctoral program "Law, Science and Technology" under the Erasmus Mundus program (coordinator - University of Bologna, Italy).

The number of doctoral candidates at Mykolas Romeris University 2001-2011  

All 14 of the Law Faculty‘s departments undertake doctoral studies in law. In addition one Social Informatics Faculty department, two Economics and Finance Management Faculty departments and one Social Policy Faculty department offer doctoral studies in law. Doctoral candidates specializing in Management and Administration are trained in five Politics and Management Faculty departments, in two Economics and Finance Management Faculty departments and in one Social Informatics Faculty department. Doctoral studies in economics are offered at three departments of Economics and Finance Management Faculty as well as in education - at the Institute of Education, in philology - at the Institute of Humanities. Doctoral candidates specializing in Psychology are overseen by the Social Policy Faculty’s Psychology Department.

The number of doctoral thesis defended at Mykolas Romeris University 2001-2011  

From 2001-2006 only social science law doctoral thesis were defended at Mykolas Romeris University.

The first Management and Administration doctoral candidates were admitted in 2003. They defended their first thesis in 2007.

The first Psychology doctoral candidates were admitted in 2007. It’s planned that the first thesis will be defended in 2011.

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