PhD. Study

Important dates

* alternative date of the entrance exam will not be set

Submission of applications

• Elektronická prihláška pre 3. stupeň štúdia na Obchodnej fakulte – the electronic application must be submitted between April 8, 2024 and June 7, 2024
• Manuál k elektronickej prihláške

• Dissertation topics 
• Attachments - title page and structure of the dissertation project for the admission procedure in English

You can apply for an accredited third-level study program only after completing a second-level study program in the same or a related field of economic specialization (the list of related study fields is provided on the page https://www.portalvs.sk/sk/hladat?sort=&orderby=&gridlayout=&sgroup=&field=6213&level=&university=703000000&search=&submit).

In the case of completed higher education in a different field, the applicant is required to submit a document that confirms the applicant's orientation corresponding to the profile of the relevant study program to which the applicant is applying (e.g. a certificate of completion of another form of economic education, or a document of at least 3 years of employment of the applicant, which corresponds to the profile of the respective study program).

An applicant who submits an electronic application must also deliver to the Department for Science and Doctoral Studies of the Faculty of Business all required attachments (see FURTHER CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION TO THE 3rd DEGREE STUDY PROGRAMMES AT THE FACULTY OF COMMERCE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS IN BRATISLAVA FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/2025, Art. 2, point 5). The EU Business Faculty in Bratislava only accepts electronic applications that will be submitted exclusively via the EU Academic Information System (AiS2) in Bratislava.

Only the applicant will be invited to the entrance exam who submits a duly completed application, attaches all required attachments electronically and in printed form, and pays the fee for the admission procedure.

Fees associated with studies are listed in internal regulation number B/22/2023 Školné a poplatky spojené so štúdiom na Ekonomickej univerzite v Bratislave pre akademický rok 2024/2025..

The deadline for electronic submission of applications for doctoral studies and at the same time submission of all required attachments, including projects in Slovak and in English, in printed form to the Office of Science and Doctoral Studies of the Faculty of Commerce is

until June 7, 2024.

The required forms and attachments to the application must be delivered in person, or by mail to the address:

Ekonomická univerzita v Bratislave
Obchodná fakulta
Referát pre vedu a doktorandské štúdium
(prijímacie konanie na 3. stupeň štúdia)
Dolnozemská cesta č. 1
852 35 Bratislava 5

Planned number of admitted students for doctoral studies

• In the full-time form of doctoral studies, the number of accepted students will be known at the time of the entrance exams, based on the determination of the number of scholarship places and allocated financial resources.
• In the external (part-time) form of doctoral studies, the exact number of accepted students will be known at the time of the entrance exams based on the free capacity of the supervisor.

Only one candidate can be accepted for one topic listed for doctoral studies.

Enrollment for study

Applicants who will be admitted to a doctoral study program are required to attend the registration in person, which will take place on September 2, 2024, according to the instructions they will receive in writing together with the admission decision.

Teaching at the doctoral studies takes place on weekdays mainly in the morning hours.