In the 1st semester, all candidates are required to take the subject “Research Methodology and Academic Skills” and two subjects from the offered list of subjects for the 1st semester, which will be determined for each candidate by the VDS of the Department of Mathematics, in accordance with the candidate’s research interests. In the second semester, the candidate takes three subjects from the offered list of subjects for the second semester, which will be determined for each candidate by the VDS of the Department of Mathematics, in accordance with the candidate’s research interests. In the 3rd semester, the candidate is obliged to defend a “Doctoral Seminar” with a supervisor/potential mentor that carries 30 ECTS and is related to work on a doctoral dissertation, which is called “Work on a doctoral dissertation – Doctoral Seminar”. Doctoral seminars are not evaluated, but its successful defense is verified in the index.

In the IV and V semesters, the candidate works on the working version of the doctoral dissertation, which is called “Doctoral dissertation work”, which is verified by the mentor in the index with his signature, and which carries 30 ECTS per semester, without a grade.

In the 6th semester, the candidate is entitled to 30 ECTS for the preparation and defense of the doctoral dissertation, which is verified by the mentor with his signature.

A candidate can take a maximum of two courses with one teacher during his doctoral studies.

The candidate acquires one of the titles provided by the Law, in accordance with the field to which the topic of his doctoral dissertation belongs.