Third cycle

Enrolment procedure

For first-time enrolment at the Faculty, please follow the steps below:

1. Submit an application via the eVŠ portal.
   Applications can be submitted within the deadlines published each year in the official call for enrolment. The call is published on the Ministry’s website (usually in February for first-cycle studies and in May for second- and third-cycle studies).

2. After receiving notification of admission, you will receive an email from the Faculty with enrolment instructions. Please follow these instructions carefully, as late enrolment is not possible. The enrolment process is conducted entirely online.

3. For enrolment instructions and other useful information, select the level of the study programme you are enrolling in.

Call for enrolment

The call for enrolment in doctoral study programmes of the University of Ljubljana for the 2025/2026 academic year is open.

Enrolment in the first year

Enrolment in the first year of third-cycle (doctoral) study programmes will take place between 1 and 30 September 2025.
The enrolment process is conducted entirely online via the Faculty’s study information system STUDIS.

Number of available study places

• First-year enrolment: 50 places – total for citizens of the Republic of Slovenia, citizens of EU Member States, Slovenians without Slovenian citizenship, and foreign nationals.
• Enrolment based on transfer criteria to the second year: 5 places – total for citizens of the Republic of Slovenia, citizens of EU Member States, Slovenians without Slovenian citizenship, and foreign nationals.
• Enrolment based on transfer criteria to the third year: 5 places – total for citizens of the Republic of Slovenia, citizens of EU Member States, Slovenians without Slovenian citizenship, and foreign nationals.
• Enrolment based on transfer criteria to the fourth year: 5 places – total for citizens of the Republic of Slovenia, citizens of EU Member States, Slovenians without Slovenian citizenship, and foreign nationals.

Admission requirements

Candidates may enrol in the doctoral study programme in Electrical Engineering if they have completed:

• a second-cycle (Master’s) study programme;
• a study programme qualifying for professions regulated by EU directives or another integrated Master’s degree programme evaluated at 300 ECTS credits;
• a university study programme adopted before 11 June 2004;
• a Master of Science programme, with recognition of 60 ECTS credits for completed study obligations;
• a specialisation programme, provided the candidate has previously completed a university study programme adopted before 11 June 2004, with recognition of 60 ECTS credits;
• a specialisation programme, provided the candidate has previously completed a professional higher education programme adopted before 11 June 2004 and has completed additional study obligations totalling 36 ECTS credits, as determined by the competent committee of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering. These obligations consist of first-year second-cycle Electrical Engineering courses: four compulsory professional courses (depending on the study track) and two elective professional courses;
• an equivalent programme at another university. Equivalence of foreign education is assessed through the procedure for recognition of foreign education for the purpose of continuing studies, in accordance with the Statute of the University of Ljubljana.

Selection criteria in the event of limited enrolment

In the selection process, academic performance in second-cycle studies is taken into account as follows:

• Average grade of second-cycle studies, excluding the grade of the Master’s thesis with defence, or the average grade of a university study programme adopted before 11 June 2004, excluding the grade of the diploma thesis with defence (grade × 7);
• Grade of the Master’s thesis with defence, or the grade of the diploma thesis with defence of a university study programme adopted before 11 June 2004 (grade × 3).

In the event of limited enrolment, candidates with a higher total number of points will be selected.

Enrolment in higher years

Enrolment in higher years of third-cycle (doctoral) study programmes will take place between 1 and 30 September 2025.
The enrolment process is conducted entirely online via the Faculty’s study information system STUDIS.

The enrolment form may be completed one day after you have fulfilled the conditions for enrolment in the year you intend to enrol in.

After logging into your personal page in the STUDIS information system, click the appropriate link under the heading “You meet the conditions for enrolment” and proceed to enter or update your personal data on the enrolment form. After completing the form and giving consent to the processing of personal data, click “Continue” and proceed to course selection.

After selecting elective courses and once your curriculum includes courses totalling 60 ECTS credits, click the “Complete course enrolment” button.

If all entered information is correct, confirm the enrolment form.

After enrolment has been confirmed, you will be able to print your Certificate of Enrolment directly from STUDIS.

The education contract for the current academic year will be sent to you by post at a later date.

You may send your student ID card by post to the following address:
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Student Office, Tržaška 25, 1000 Ljubljana.
Your student ID card with the new sticker will be returned to you by registered mail. The sticker for the 2024/25 academic year is valid from 1 October 2024 onwards.

The formal enrolment process is completed once the Student Office of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering confirms the enrolment.

Accident insurance

Accident insurance is voluntary and must be arranged independently by the student.

Foreign nationals must arrange mandatory health insurance with the Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia (ZZZS) independently and submit appropriate proof of insurance at enrolment.

Tuition fees

Four-year doctoral programme

Tuition fees are payable in three instalments based on the education contract. If your tuition fee is paid by your employer, please inform the Student Office so that a debt assumption agreement can be prepared.

Co-financing of doctoral studies at the University of Ljubljana in the 2025/26 academic year

In the 2025/26 academic year, co-financing of tuition fees for doctoral study programmes at the University of Ljubljana will be available to all students who meet the eligibility criteria for co-financing. Students will be informed by the Faculty at which they are (or will be) enrolled whether they meet the conditions for co-financing and about the amount of co-financing.

Students will be notified of the amount of co-financing after enrolment in doctoral studies, expected in November, as the amount granted to each student depends not only on the funds allocated to the University of Ljubljana but also on the number of enrolled students who meet the eligibility criteria.

Being regularly employed or registered as unemployed with the Employment Service of the Republic of Slovenia does not exclude eligibility for co-financing. There is also no age limit for co-financing eligibility.

Progression to a higher year or exceptional extension of student status for justified reasons

In exceptional cases, a student may apply for enrolment in a higher year or for an exceptional extension of student status, provided that they have completed the compulsory components in accordance with the study programme and achieved the minimum number of ECTS credits for the current year, and can demonstrate justified reasons.
The minimum number of ECTS credits is determined by the Faculty’s regulations and may not be lower than 40 ECTS credits.

Justified reasons include:

• parenthood,
• prolonged illness of the student,
• exceptional family or social circumstances,
• recognised status of a person with special needs,
• active participation in top-level professional, cultural, or sporting events,
• active participation in the bodies of the University, and
• for international students, participation in the “Year Plus” programme.

The student must demonstrate that the reason listed above directly affected the fulfilment of their study obligations. The assessment of such applications is carried out by the Student Applications Committee.

Repetition of a year

Repetition of a year is permitted only once during the course of studies, in accordance with the applicable legislation and the Statute of the University of Ljubljana. Repetition also includes any change of study programme due to failure to meet obligations in the previous programme (transfer to another study programme or study track).

For re-enrolment in any year of a third-cycle (doctoral) study programme, students must contact the Doctoral Studies Coordinator.
To repeat a year, students are required to submit an application to the Scientific Research Committee in order to resolve matters related to tuition fee payment.

Requirements

• Repetition of the first year requires completion of at least 10 ECTS credits from elective courses and 20 ECTS credits from seminars and research work.

• Repetition of the second year requires completion of all study obligations of the first year and 30 ECTS credits of research work in the second year.

• Repetition of the third year requires completion of all study obligations of the first and second years and 30 ECTS credits of research work in the third year.

Suspension of studies

If you do not meet the conditions for enrolment in a higher year or for repeating a year, but wish to continue your studies, you must register as a student on suspension.
By doing so, you will retain access to the STUDIS system and the ability to register for examinations.