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PhD Studies (EN,RU)

PhD Studies (EN,RU)

A doctoral (PhD) degree is the highest academic degree in Lithuania, and it is earned after four years of doctoral education and passing a public defence.

Permissions to provide doctoral studies in 10 scientific fields – Biochemistry, Biology, Biophysics, Medicine, Odontology, Pharmacy, Public Health, Nursing, Veterinary and Zootechnics – were granted by the Lithuanian Ministry of Education and Science in June 2011.

Doctoral degree regulations in Lithuanian University of Health Sciences

Number of PhD Students in 2019

Scientific Field	Number of PhD students	of which are women	Admissions	of which are women	PhD degree	of which are women
Biology	32	18	7	3	2	2
Biophysics	4	1	1	0	2	0
Medicine	131	91	27	16	16	11
Odontology	9	4	2	1	4	3
Pharmacy	14	11	4	4	4	3
Public Health	18	16	2	2	2	2
Nursing	16	16	2	2	2	2
Veterinary	27	18	6	6	4	4
Animal Sciences	14	11	3	2	2	2
Biochemistry	1	1
TOTAL	266	187	54	36	38	29

Effectiveness of PhD programs

Entrance–graduation of PhD programme (years)	Effectiveness (%) of PhD programmes in Biomedical Sciences (obtained degree from all graduates)	Effectiveness (%) of PhD programmes Agricultural Sciences (obtained degree from all graduates)
2010-2014	84	75
2011-2015	81	86
2012-2016	69	75
2013-2017	90	86
2014-2018	85	100

Докторантура

Докторская (PhD) степень является высшей академической степенью в Литве, и достигается после четырех лет докторантуры и прохождения публичной защиты.

В октябре 2012 года, Министерством образования и науки Литвы были предоставлены разрешения на осуществление докторантуры в 10 научных областях биомедицинского направления:

Регламент докторантуры Литовского университета наук здоровья

Науки Биомедицины B 000
01B	Биология
02B	Биофизика
03B	Экология и науки окружающей среды
04B	Ботаника
05B	Зоология
06B	Медицина
07B	Одонтология
08B	Фармация
09B	Общественное здравоохранение
10B	Медсестринское дело