{"id":5229,"date":"2026-10-06T18:37:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T16:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kniznica.tnuni.sk\/?p=5229"},"modified":"2026-11-11T12:44:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T11:44:43","slug":"doctoral-school-ds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kniznica.tnuni.sk\/en\/news\/doctoral-school-ds\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctoral School (DS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p>The department headed by the Vice-Rector for Science, Research and Doctoral Studies is responsible for activities carried out through the Doctoral School, which is an organisational unit of TnUAD that, in accordance with Act No. 300\/2025 Coll. on Higher Education Institutions and on Amendments to Certain Acts, as amended (the Higher Education Act), provides the common component of doctoral study for all TnUAD doctoral students. The Doctoral School coordinates and provides methodological guidance to the faculties and other university units in the field of science and research. Within this remit, it carries out educational activities that complement the education provided in accredited doctoral study programmes, focusing in particular on the development of doctoral students&rsquo; specialist knowledge and methodological, scientific and transferable skills, with the aim of supporting their successful careers both in academia and in professional practice beyond it. Part of the doctoral program is the development of:<\/p><ol type=\"a\">\n<li>the doctoral student&rsquo;s knowledge, abilities, and skills in the relevant field of study,<\/li>\n<li>academic skills, pedagogical and psychological skills, transferable skills, and skills for scientific and creative work in the following areas:\n<ul>\n<li>supporting the creation and publication of scientific outputs in accordance with the principles of academic integrity,<\/li>\n<li>developing the presentation and communication skills necessary for scientific and professional activities,<\/li>\n<li>acquiring basic knowledge about research funding and the preparation of project and grant proposals,<\/li>\n<li>supporting the career development of doctoral students and their employability in both academic and non-academic settings,<\/li>\n<li>to internalize the principles of ethics and academic integrity in research activities,<\/li>\n<li>familiarizing students with the principles of open science and the responsible handling of research data,<\/li>\n<li>acquiring basic information on intellectual property protection and the transfer of research results into practice,<\/li>\n<li>implementing support and development activities as part of services for doctoral students.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><p>The Doctoral School&rsquo;s educational activities take the form of <strong>research workshops, lectures, seminars, and webinars<\/strong>. A prerequisite for a doctoral student&rsquo;s admission to the dissertation defense is participation in educational activities of the doctoral program of their choice, for which they have duly registered by the specified deadline, in the defined areas, with a minimum of <strong>four such activities<\/strong>. Upon fulfilling this requirement, the doctoral student receives a certificate confirming compliance with the requirements. The certificate is part of the doctoral student&rsquo;s personal file and is a prerequisite for admission to the dissertation defense.<\/p><p>The current list of these activities is published on the website of the TnUAD Doctoral School, typically in September and January.<\/p><h2>Graduate School Workshop Schedule &ndash; Winter Semester of the 2026\/2027 Academic Year<\/h2><h4>1. Career Development for Doctoral Students and Their Employability in Academic and Non-Academic Settings (Introduction to Career Planning for Doctoral Students)<\/h4><ul>\n<li><strong>Date:<\/strong> October 14, 2026 (SAIA), starting at 9:00 a.m.<br>\n<strong>Language:<\/strong> Slovak (for first-year doctoral students in both full-time and part-time programs and their advisors) + other doctoral students in higher years and their advisors<\/li>\n<li><strong>Date:<\/strong> November 11, 2026 (SAIA), 10 AM &ndash; 12 PM<br>\n<strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/li>\n<\/ul><h4>2. Practical Aspects of Life and Culture in Slovakia<\/h4><ul>\n<li><strong>Deadline:<\/strong> November 25, 2026 (SAIA), 10 AM &ndash; 12 PM<br>\n<strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/li>\n<\/ul><p><em>A workshop designed to help international students and researchers adjust to life here.<\/em><\/p><h4>3. Presentation and communication skills for doctoral students necessary for scientific and professional activities + practical component<\/h4><ul>\n<li><strong>Date:<\/strong> December 9, 2026 (UK TnUAD)<br>\n<strong>Language:<\/strong> English (Session I), 9 AM &ndash; 11 AM, Slovak (Session II), 14 PM &ndash; 16 PM<\/li>\n<\/ul><blockquote><p>More detailed information, including the exact time slots for each workshop, will be sent out as it becomes available.<\/p><\/blockquote><p>To register for individual workshops, please fill out and submit the online form (using your university email account). Registration forms will be sent in advance to each doctoral student&rsquo;s email address.<\/p><p><strong>Contact:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:doktorandska.skola@tnuni.sk\">doktorandska.skola@tnuni.sk<\/a><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The department headed by the Vice-Rector for Science, Research and Doctoral Studies is responsible for activities carried out through the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kniznica.tnuni.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kniznica.tnuni.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kniznica.tnuni.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kniznica.tnuni.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kniznica.tnuni.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5229"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/kniznica.tnuni.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5268,"href":"https:\/\/kniznica.tnuni.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5229\/revisions\/5268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kniznica.tnuni.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kniznica.tnuni.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kniznica.tnuni.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kniznica.tnuni.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}