4 years (external form)
Academic title: PhD.
Doctoral studies provide an extension of master studies and the third stage of university education. It is completed by the dissertation thesis defense.
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology STU in Bratislava offers study in the following study programmes:
Only selected study programmes are offered for study in English.
More information on study programmes performed in English
Select faculty: FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (FEI)
Select level of study: Doctoral degree, PhD.
Select language: English
Planned number of accepted applicants
The information on available study programs in English language and planned number of accepted applicants will be published at least two months before the last date for submission of applications.
Admission procedure at the STU
General admission requirements
Rules and Conditions for Admission to Study Programmes at STU 
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Further admission requirements for doctoral study programmes at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology of STU for the academic year 2021/2022 will be specified later.
Incoming Foreign Students in Slovakia
e-application form will be available since April 1, 2021
Deadline for submitting application: May 31, 2021
Admission examination date: will be specified later
Meeting of the admission board: will be specified later
Contact person for applicants: Bc. Danka Kurucová, e-mail: danka.kurucova@stuba.sk
The doctoral studies admission procedure can be commenced if the applicants submit the doctoral study application to the faculty not later than the date stated by the Dean. The application must be submitted in electronical form, without a guaranteed electronic signature, by using the Academic Information System (AIS) which enables the applicants to verify their registration in AIS from the date of submission of the application throughout the admission procedure. Submission of the application is not possible unless all the details required are provided.
The applicants shall attach the following annexes to their applications by the deadline stated:
The candidate who does not fulfil the basic admission conditions (i.e. does not submit decision on recognition of the education certificate for the purpose of continuing the studies) at the time of their verification may be admitted conditionally, subject to the requirement to prove the fulfilment of the basic admission conditions by the day on the enrolment date at the latest. The date of the meeting of the admission board shall be considered as the date of verification of fulfilment of the conditions.
The applicant fills a topic of doctoral thesis he/she is interested in and a name of supervisor in the Application Form.
The topics of dissertation theses will be published at least two months before the deadline for submitting applications.
(choose Type of thesis: Dissertation thesis => Restrict)
The faculty requires the prospective students to pay a fee for the material provision of the admission procedure . The amount of fee is determined by the internal organizational and management standards issued by the Rector for the respective academic year.
In the academic year 2021/2022 the admission fees are as follows:
The fee for the material provision of the admission procedure is paid in advance, and the payment shall be demonstrated by attaching proof of payment to the application form.
The applicant who fails to pay the fee for the material provision of the admission procedure will not be invited to the entrance exam and will be notified of the decision not to be accepted to the studies due to the failure of fulfilment of the further admission condition.
Process of the admission fee payment: bank transfer
From SEPA countries
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Beneficiary‘s bank: |
Statna pokladnica, Radlinskeho 32, 810 05 Bratislava, Slovakia |
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IBAN: |
SK06 8180 0000 0070 0008 4998 |
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BIC/SWIFT: |
SPSRSKBA |
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Variable symbol: |
registration number of your electronic application form assigned by Academic Information System (AIS) |
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Remittance information: |
PhD. study |
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Payment receiver: |
FEI STU, Ilkovicova 3, 812 19 Bratislava, Slovakia |
From other countries
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Beneficiary‘s bank: |
Statna pokladnica, Radlinskeho 32, 810 05 Bratislava, Slovakia |
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Beneficiary’s intermediary bank: |
Vseobecna uverova banka, a.s., Mlynske Nivy 1, 829 90 Bratislava, Slovakia |
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IBAN: |
SK06 8180 0000 0070 0008 4998 |
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BIC/SWIFT: |
SUBASKBX |
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Variable symbol: |
registration number of your electronic application form assigned by Academic Information System (AIS) |
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Remittance information: |
PhD. study |
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Payment receiver: |
FEI STU, Ilkovicova 3, 812 19 Bratislava, Slovakia |
The annual tuition for doctoral degree study programmes performed in a foreign language is:
Tuition Fee and Study-Related Fees
The main objective of the entrance exam for the doctoral study programme is to verify the applicant's aptitude, prerequisites and motivation for independent creative activity in science and technology and the level of his / her expertise in the field of the dissertation thesis.
Evaluation of the admission procedure results
More information on admission exam and the evaluation of the admission procedure results will be provided later.
Information about scholarships for foreign students is provided by the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic
Students/applicants with special needs
If a part of the verification of abilities for study consists of the admission exam, an applicant with special needs shall be, at his/her request and based on the evaluation of his/her special needs, determined a form of the admission exam and method of taking it, taking regard of his/her special needs. The applicant with special needs shall deliver the request to modify the form and method of taking the admission exam, together with the written application for study.
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology STU in Bratislava
Ilkovičova 3
812 19 Bratislava 1
+421 2 602 91 111
+421 2 654 20 415
peter.miklovic@stuba.sk
