1. Call for applications for the PhD program in Biosciences 2025/2026
2. Candidate's mentor and co-mentor
3. Recognition of the foreign education
4. Enrolment
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS IN BIOSCIENCES 2025/2026
The call for applications for the PhD program in Biosciences for the academic year 2025/2026 will be open until 22 August 2025.
During the open call, applicants must complete an online application form, which is published on the website:
eVŠ WEB PORTAL by Friday, August 22, 2025 at the latest.
The contact for support for applicants with technical problems with accessing the eVŠ web portal via the SI-SAPP system is:
Single Contact Centre of the State Administration (EKC):
OPENING HOURS: Monday to Friday from 8.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m.
- tel. (Slovenia): 080 2002
- tel. for calls from abroad: 00 386 1 478 85 90
- e-mail: ekc (at) gov.si
For other information about the study programme, please contact: doctoral (at) bf.uni-lj.si
CANDIDATE'S MENTOR
A candidate should have selected a supervisor (mentor) at the time of application or at the latest at the time of enrolment. Mentor must sign the Statement by mentor.
Doctoral students can also have a co-mentor, but this is not a requirement.
The required conditions for mentors are published here...
Coordinators of the scientific areas can help candidate to find the most suitable mentor for her/his PhD research.
RECOGNITION OF THE FOREIGN EDUCATION
A candidate who has finished his or her studies in a foreign country (not Slovenia) and would like to continue education in the Slovenian higher education institution is obliged to acquire a decision on the recognition of the foreign education, if they have not obtained one already. Higher education institutions are the competent bodies for the education recognition procedure.
The recognition procedure is a part of the enrolment procedure. The application for the recognition of a foreign education is part of the Application for enrollment in doctoral studies on the online eVŠ portal.
The required attachments for the process of recognition of education are uploaded by the candidate as pdf. documents in the application form.
Other information for foreign students
ENROLMENT
For the academic year 2025/2026:
Enrolment from years 1 to 3 and senior year of the doctoral study in Biosciences will be conducted electronically via the Biosciences website and will be completed by September 25, 2025 (until September 30, 2025 only exceptionally - e.g., absence because of illness,..)