Calls and Application Procedure

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Application Procedure

Interested students should submit the following to the Admissions Office

1. A cover letter clearly stating the graduate degree the candidate wishes to apply for.
2. A completed application form obtained from the Admissions Office.
3. A Curriculum Vitae indicating the student’s education, academic and research experience, any publications, awards, etc.
4. A short statement (at most two pages long) stating the reason the candidate wishes to join the program, the candidate’s professional and research experience, future goals, etc. The statement should clearly state the broad research area that the student is interested in. The area should be within the listed areas of interest in the current call.
5. Two letters of recommendation from academic or professional advisors.
6. Copies of up to three representative publications, if any.
7. Copies of all degrees and transcripts.
8. Copies of any other supporting material, such as exams, honors, awards, etc.

Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to have communications with School faculty of matching research area interests, prior to their application.

Applicants will be evaluated according to academic background and research interest. The School gives priority to full-time applicants.

Program Structure

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The doctoral program is a four-year program based on the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) and has a common structure among all Schools. To be awarded the PhD degree, the student must complete at least 240 ECTS credits of graduate level coursework, research work, and seminar attendance. The normal duration of the program is four years. The minimum time for the completion of the program is three years, while the maximum is eight years. The structure of the program is shown below.

Graduate level courses and level 6 (EAS6XX) courses are taught courses whereas level 7 courses (EAS7XX) are research oriented courses. Graduate level courses should be undertaken from courses offered at the Master level courses operating in the particular School, although it is possible that some courses undertaken at other universities to be used in lieu. Students admitted to the program that have already completed or undertaken postgraduate studies elsewhere may be partly or fully exempted from Graduate Level Courses (a maximum of 60 ECTS). For further information regarding the structure of the program refer to the PhD Regulation document.

Program Administration

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The PhD program in each School is administered by the Doctoral Studies Committee of the School and the head of Committee acts as the program supervisor. The Committee’s approves the regulations concerning the doctoral program of the School, decides on the number of new admissions to the doctoral program, decides, in consultation with the Department Boards, to the School Board the candidates to be admitted to the doctoral program, assigns the academic advisors and approves the research advisors for doctoral students, approves transfer credits or exemptions for new students, approves the members of the Research Proposal Committee and the Doctoral Dissertation Committee, and recommends to the Senate the award of the PhD degree to successful doctoral students.

In addition to the Doctoral Studies Committee that has the overall responsibility of the program, each PhD student is assigned a three-member Research Proposal Committee that is responsible for the supervision and development of the student throughout his/her studies. For each student the Research Proposal Committee will consist of:

• The lead supervisor (a full-time Teaching and Research Staff of Frederick University)
• an additional full-time Teaching and Research Staff of Frederick University
• a full professor from another university

The research activity of all members of the Research Proposal Committee must be directly related to the domain of interest of the doctoral student. For further information regarding the administration of the program refer to the PhD Regulation document.

Doctoral Programs at Frederick University

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Doctoral programs at Frederick University are research-based programs offered at School level that provide a framework for state-of-the-art research in the various domains of research interest the particular School is involved with.Their aim is to pursue research and advance knowledge, extending the boundaries of what is known. The programs are central to fulfilling the specific School and the University mission through advancing its research dimension and enabling the establishment of the University in the regional and international scene.

The aim of the program is to develop individuals with the necessary background knowledge, skills, experience, ethos and capabilities that will enable them to contribute and advance knowledge in their particular domain of interest, thus serving the overall development of the society. This will be facilitated through the provision of an integrated curriculum of theory, application and research. The successful outcome of a doctoral program leads to the awarding of a PhD (Doctor of Philosophy title) to the candidate.

All Schools of the University operate doctoral programs.

The directions of the programs are closely linked with the Master-level graduate programs that each particular School is operating and any student registered for a PhD must maintain a field of specialization within the domain of interest of these programs.

For the list of master programs offered, visit the postgraduate studies page at the university's web site.

Admission to the program can only occur through calls made by the Schools, which can either be specific to a field of interest, or broad for expression of interest.