18 PhD programmes in Social Sciences in Slovakia

The Social Anthropology programme at Comenius University Bratislava encompasses the knowledge on human society, communities and cultures in their various shapes, on their functionning, evolution and interactions, obtained by means of long-term ethnographic fieldwork.

The graduate of this Social Psychology and Psychology of Work programme from Pavol Jozef Safárik University in Kosice asters and is able to choose specific scientific methods of basic and applied research in the field. 

The graduate of this  Integrated Rural Development  programme from Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra will find employment in scientific and research institutions and as a researcher and/or leader of interdisciplinary research teams and projects at universities with the ability to take an integrated approach to solving the issue of sustainable rural development.

The British and American Studies programme from Pavol Jozef Safárik University in Kosice makes a fundamental contribution to the education of new experts and thus to maintaining the continuity of this research in Slovakia.

The aim of the Spatial and Regional Economics programme from The Technical University of Kosice (TUKE) s to prepare highly qualified experts for research in the field of public economics, public administration, regional development and regional policy.

The graduate of the Rescue Services programme from University of Zilina is able to formulate a scientific problem, scientific questions and a scientific hypothesis on the basis of the knowledge of the highest level of development in the given field of security.

Continue the interdisciplinary perception of technical economics necessary for mastering inventory with our Branch Economics and Management programme from Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava.

Graduates of this Geodesy and Cartography programme from Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava acquire a complete third-degree university education in the specialization of geodesy and cartography with the focus laid on the following areas: precise, integrated four-dimensional geodetic systems.

The Health Psychology programme at Comenius University Bratislava has the ambition to prepare future researchers capable of designing and conducting innovative, high-quality research on psychological processes in all aspects of health, disease, and health care in the context of international research. 

The Telecomunications programme from Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava will help students gain  comprehensive set of knowledge in the field of ICT, including knowledge and understanding of relationships to other parts of the field and to related fields.

The graduate Public Economics and Policy programme from Matej Bel University will be proficient in the current state of knowledge in the field of Economics and Management with an emphasis on public economics and policy theory in an international context.

The Economics research programme Bratislava University of Economics and Business prepares you to address fundamental economic issues of our time and to conduct original research at the frontier of knowledge from an international perspective. 

A graduate of the Economics and Business Management programme from Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra masters the scientific methods of basic and applied research in the field of economics and business management. 

The Business Economics and Management programme from Matej Bel University is proving deep systematic understanding of various fields of business economics and management, focusing on the current development trends within the individual areas of the study programme

The graduate of the Security Management programme from University of Zilina masters the scientific methods and approaches in the field of protection of persons, property and information and finds employment at universities, where study programmes in the field of study Security Sciences are delivered, either as a university teaching staff member or as a scientific research worker.

The Business Economics and Management from Bratislava University of Economics and Business as a study programme of the third degree of study focuses on the acquisition of knowledge based on the current state of scientific knowledge and, in particular, on the student's own contribution to it, which is the result of scientific research and independent creative activity in the field of science. 

The profile of the International Economic Relations research degree from Bratislava University of Economics and Business in the third level of study is determined by the interdisciplinary critical evaluation of the economic, political, social, and legal contexts of the actors‘ development in the world economic environment and their interaction.

The Economics and Management of the Forestry and Timber Complex programme from Technical University in Zvolen is based on acquiring knowledge of sectoral economics and management of forestry and the wood processing industry, management issues and creative solutions to information, logistical and financial relations of both sectors.