General information about the study programme

The changes in the fields of computer science and engineering have never been more dynamic. The new Information Technologies are being constantly developed, and their transfer reaches to the farthest corners of the world by the means of a very prominent dynamic nature. On the global level, the state-of-the-art research and studies in the field of IT science find the main challenge in the development of new advanced technologies and methodologies that will procure new solutions in the area of information and communication technologies.

The Faculty of computer science and engineering is a leader in the field of informatics, computer science and engineering in the country. Within all of its activities, the Faculty permanently and successfully fulfills its mission for continuous education of highly skilled and research and entrepreneurship oriented professionals that will largely contribute in the development of the society and quality of life in general.
 

The candidates that will finish this PhD study programme will have a wide open opportunities to deploy their skills in a numerous fields in the research area and the leading industries by solving IT oriented problems, especially in the Macedonia IT companies. In this way, the conditions for knowledge and technology transfer are met and the support for strong technological and economic development of the industry is obtained. 

• Offered by: Ss. Cyril and Methodius University – Skopje, Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering - FCSE
• Study programme: PhD studies in Informatics (computer science and engineering)
• Scientific-research field: Natural sciences and mathematics
• Category: Informatics
• The PhD studies cycle equal 180 ECTS.
• Study duration: 3 years, 6 semesters.
• One academic year is divided into 2 semesters with 30 weeks each (1 semester = 15 weeks)
• During the first year the students attends courses, while during the second year the title of the PhD thesis is acknowledged after which activities like research on the topic, results publishing and writing and defending of the thesis follow. Each year a PhD seminar and an annual conference with a progress report presentation are organized.
• Conditions for enrollment: The right to enroll on the study programme have persons that fulfill the following criteria:
  • Completed II study cycle according to the ECTS system; or
  • Completed master studies according to a pre-ECTS study programme (in this case the first year 60 ECTS are acknowledged and the studies start from the second year onwards - subject to pre-approval); 
  • GPA of at least 8,00 on the previous both first and second cycle of studies; 
  • Certificate for adequate knowledge of English. 
• 1 ЕCTS corresponds to 30 hours of work load
• Contact hours per week is 4 

Degree: PhD in natural sciences and mathematics in the field of informatics (computer science and engineering)

The european trends in high education and PhD studies as well as the needs of the society in general are actively followed in the academic process of the study programme. It is based on the state-of-the-art scientific research in the field, thus allowing the students to gain advanced research, theoretical and practical knowledge, while enabling them to attain research skills, new science and engineering based knowledge and managing skills.

The goal of the study programme is to focus on the future information and computer science challenges that can be achieved only by continuous development based on the modern science results. 

Study programme structure