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Enrolment 2025/2026

The candidates submit their application for enrolment electronically through the eVŠ web portal. The application shall be considered as submitted on time if it was filled out and submitted together with all mandatory attachments to the eVŠ by the end of the application deadline.

STEP 1) Enrolment to the 2025/2026 academic year is done via eVŠ electronic application (https://portal.evs.gov.si/prijava/?lang=en)

The candidate must fill-in the electonic application with correct and complete personal data, as they are written in their personal identification document!

In addition to the electronic application, candidates must also submit the following mandatory documents and certificates by the end of a particular enrolment deadline through the eVŠ portal:

  • Diploma or degree certificate of the highest acquired education,
  • Application for recognition of education together with requested attachments (if the diploma was obtained outside of Slovenia):
    https://e-uprava.gov.si/.download/vloge/dokumenti/14831/file-content,
  • Diploma supplement or transcript of records with the calculated average grade (from previous studies),
  • Short CV,
  • Motivation letter for studying at IPS with a proposal of the desired research field (1 page),
  • IPS Supervisor's approval of the selected courses and the potential co-supervisor:
    https://www.mps.si/dokumenti/Soglasje_mentorja_ANG.docx,
  • A copy of identity document.

STEP 2) Selection of supervisor, tuition fee payment option and course list

1-2 working days after completing the eVŠ application the candidates use the eVŠ application number (without -) on the IPS web page https://www.mps.si/en/vpis/ to select an IPS supervisor, the tuition fee payment option and in the case of enrolment into the 1st year a list of courses in agreement with the selected supervisor.

Request for enrolment of external course(s) is available here.

ENROLMENT DEADLINES

1st Application Deadline: From 1 May to 31 May 2025.
2nd Application Deadline: From 1 June to 30 June 2025.
3rd Application Deadline: From 1 July to 31 August 2025.
4th Application Deadline: From 1 September to 15 September 2025.
5th Application Deadline: From 16 September to 29 September 2025.

ENROLMENT REQUIREMENTS

Students eligible to apply for enrolment in doctoral study programmes have graduated from:

  • a 2nd cycle study programme,
  • a uniform master’s degree study programme if evaluated with 300 ECTS,
  • an earlier (before the Bologna declaration) study programme with a university degree.

Other requirements:

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Graduates from earlier study programmes for acquiring specialisation who have completed a professional higher education programme have to fulfil study obligations worth 30 ECTS of individual research work to enrol in the third-cycle study programme.

Graduates from earlier study programmes for acquiring the master of science degree or specialisation who have concluded the study programme for a university degree shall be given recognition of 60 ECTS worth of study obligations in the third-cycle doctoral study programme. Upon enrolment supplementary exams worth 20 ECTS will be assigned individually to such candidates in order for them to acquire all the necessary knowledge. The exams are selected from the courses of the doctoral study programme. The sum of all the ECTS acquired from mandatory supplementary exams, individual research work, seminar II and III, and potential elective courses amounts to 120 ECTS, so the candidate acquires, together with the recognised 60 ECTS, 180 ECTS altogether.

Number of Positions for Full-Time Studies:

  • For citizens of the Republic of Slovenia and the European Union, 40 positions are available for enrolment to each year of study per each study programme.
  • For Slovenians without Slovenian citizenship, 40 positions are available for enrolment to each year of study per each study programme.
  • For all other candidates, 40 positions are available for enrolment to each year of study per each study programme.
  • Parallel studies, change of study programme and other transitions are subject to the same rules as they apply for the first-time enrolment.

If the number of candidates exceeds the number of available positions, the candidates shall be sorted and selected based on their 2nd cycle academic performance (average grade, the number of points equals the average grade, up to 10 points) and potential work experience and other study or research achievements and prizes, as evident from the candidate’s motivation letter and CV (up to 10 points, subject to the evaluation of the Study Commission).

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We will inform the candidates of the results of enrolment via eVŠ within 15 days after each enrolment deadline.

Tuition

The tuition fee per academic year is 4,500 EUR.

The tuition covers the expenses related to the educational process and organisation.

Since the IPS is a research-oriented postgraduate school, all postgraduate students are included in research work conducted in the framework of Slovenian, international, or industrial research projects.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Young Researchers 2024:

Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI): Call for Tenders JSI MR 2024

National Institute of Biology (NIB): Call for Tenders NIB MR 2024

National Institute of Chemistry: Call for Tenders KI MR 2024

Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute (ZAG): Call for Tenders ZAG MR 2024

Possibilities of acquiring scholarships from the industry and international scholarships. More info at info@mps.si.