COMPETITION/COMPETITION FOR THE ENROLLMENT OF STUDENTS IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THIRD CYCLE STUDIES, STUDY PROGRAM DOCTORAL STUDY CULTURE AND IDENTITY AT THE FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ZENICA IN 2025/2026. YEARS

STUDENT ENROLLMENT PLAN IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THIRD CYCLE STUDIES
STUDY PROGRAM DOCTORAL STUDY CULTURE AND IDENTITY AT
TO THE FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ZENICA
IN THE 2025/2026 ACADEMIC YEAR. YEARS 

 

Ord. number	ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT – FACULTY FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY	Number of students
		Type of study: Part-time study	EVERYTHING
1.	Name of the study program
	Study of the third cycle - study program Doctoral study Culture and identity at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zenica	5	5
	TOTAL:	5	5

 

Based on Articles 56, 98, 99 and 100 of the Law on Higher Education of the Zenica-Doboj Canton (Official Gazette of the Zenica-Doboj Canton, No. 12/22), the Decision of the Senate of the University of Zenica No. 01-02-5-2935/25. from the session held on June 16, 2025., and the Decision of the Government of the Zenica-Doboj Canton No. 02-34-11867/25. of June 13, 2025., it is hereby announced

 

COMPETITION/CONTEST
FOR THE ENROLLMENT OF STUDENTS IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THIRD CYCLE STUDIES,
STUDY PROGRAM DOCTORAL STUDY CULTURE AND IDENTITY
AT THE FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ZENICA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2025/2026. YEARS 

 

Contest/Competition for the enrollment of students in the first year of the third study cycle, study program Doctoral study Culture and Identity at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Zenica in the academic year 2025/2026. year will last until October 11, 2025 from the date of publication in the daily newspaper Večernji list BH and on the Faculty's website.

Enrollment of students who will be admitted to the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Zenica will take place in by the deadline determined by the Scientific and Teaching Council.

Candidates enroll in the first year of the academic year 2025/2026 in accordance with the Enrollment Plan for Students in the First Year of the Third Cycle of Studies, Doctoral Study Program in Culture and Identity at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zenica.

Study of the third cycle, study program Doctoral study Culture and identity at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zenica, with specialist knowledge in narrower scientific fields: Cultural Studies or Literary and Historical Sciences, is organized for three years (6 semesters) according to the Bologna system 4+1+3 and is evaluated with 180 ECTS points.

 

The following have the right to participate in the Competition/Competition and the conditions of entry:

- candidates citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina and foreign citizens who have completed the II (second) cycle of studies (300 ECTS points) or
equivalent (academic master's degree) in the narrower scientific field of doctoral studies;

- candidates citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina and foreign citizens who have completed the study of higher vocational education according to the old method
pre-Bologna program (VII degree of graduate studies).

The admission and enrollment of students in the first year of study is carried out by a special committee appointed by the Doctoral Studies Council.

 

Enrollment conditions: 

Candidates for admission, who obtained the title of Master of Science before the introduction of the Bologna system of three-level study from the relevant narrower scientific field of the doctoral study, can be recognized with the appropriate number of ECTS points in accordance with the study program, which will be established by the Council of Doctoral Studies based on the addendum to the diploma or insight into curriculum and program of the completed study. Exceptionally, candidates can be granted 60 ECTS points and the right to enroll in the second year of doctoral studies only in the case of the same scientific field of the master's degree and the narrower scientific field of the doctoral study.

Candidates who have completed their previous level of education abroad acquire the right to participate in the competition with the attached document on the previously implemented procedure of nostrification of the acquired diploma, i.e. the procedure of recognition of education acquired abroad, in accordance with the law.

The ranking list of candidates is formed on the basis of the average grade achieved during the (II) study cycle. The final approval of the ranking list of candidate selection, as well as the review of appeals on that basis, is carried out by the Scientific and Teaching Council of the Faculty. The Faculty will publish the final ranking list and the list of accepted candidates on the notice board and the Faculty's website after they have been verified by the competent authority after the closing of the Competition/Competition.

Candidates for the Contest/Competition for enrollment in the first year of the third cycle of studies, study program Doctoral study Culture and Identity, attach the following documents (in original or certified photocopy):

• signed application for the Contest/Competition;
• signed biography;
• diploma and supplement to the diploma of the first and second cycles of study for students who have completed their studies according to the Bologna system of studies;
• diploma of higher professional education (VII degree) for students who have completed their studies according to the pre-Bologna system of studies; these candidates should also submit a diploma and certificate of master's degree exams, if they have them;
• the decision on diploma certification for candidates who obtained previous education outside Bosnia and Herzegovina,
• birth certificate;
• Certificate of Citizenship;
• statement of acceptance of the obligation to pay the costs of the third cycle of study (doctoral study).

 

Incomplete applications will not be considered. 

More detailed information on enrollment and study conditions (Syllabus and program, amount of tuition fees, other study costs, Decisions of the Senate of the University of Zenica on the amount of tuition fees and other fees paid by students, citizens of BiH and foreign citizens, at the III cycle of studies at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Zenica in the academic year 2023/2024, as well as other related documents and information) can be obtained from the competent services of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Zenica and at www.ff.unze.ba.

Contact phone: + 387 32 243 574

Email: studentska.ff@unze.ba

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Interested candidates submit the documents to the Student Service of the Faculty of Philosophy in person or by mail to the following address and with the indication:

Application for the Competition/Competition for enrolling students in the first year of the third cycle study (doctoral study) Culture and identity
FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ZENICA
Dragon of Bosnia 56
72000 ZENICA
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

The competition was published in Večernji list BH on August 26, 2025.