15 - Slovakia - Certification
Certification - Higher Professional Education
In
accordance with the Decree No. 97/1994 of the Law Code the higher
professional education is completed by a graduate’s examination and by
granting absolutorium. The document on its completion is a graduate’s
diploma (absolventský diplom).
Certification - Bachelor's Study
The
Bachelor’s study program as the first level program is completed by the
state examination before an examination board. A part of the state
examination is the defence of a Bachelor thesis, if set up by the
statute of the faculty or the statute of the higher education
institution which is not divided into faculties.
The graduates
of Bachelor’s study are issued diplomas indicating the study branches,
academic degree and a certificate on the state examination. The higher
education institutions award the academic degree of Bachelor (Bc.) to
the graduates of Bachelor’s study.
Certification - Magister’s Study, Engineer’s Study and Doctor’s Study
The
Magister’s study, Engineer’s study and Doctor's study are completed by
state examination before an examination commission. The state
examination includes the defence of a thesis if set up by the statute
of the higher education institution or the faculty. The state
examination consists of 3-4 subjects. In case of failure at the state
examination the student has the right to re-sit. Each part of the state
examination is assessed separately. The overall evaluation of study (in
dependency upon results of the overall study and results of the state
examination) is evaluated in two grades "he/she passed with honours"
and "he/she passed".
The higher education institutions award the following academic degrees to their graduates:
- in Magister’s study, the degree of "magister" (Mgr.); in artistic study programmes, the degree of "magister umenia" (Mgr. art.);
- in
Engineer's study, the degree of "inžinier" (Ing.); the degree of
"inžinier architekt" (Ing. arch.) in the study programmes of
architecture and town planning;
- in
Doctor's study of the study programmes of humane medicine the degree of
"doktor všeobecného lekárstva" (MUDr.), "doktor zubného lekárstva"
(MDDr.) in the study programmes of dentistry; and the degree of "doktor
veterinárskej medicíny" (MVDr.) in the study programmes of veterinary
medicine.
The graduates of Magister’s study (Mgr.) who completed the
examina rigorosaa
part of which is the defence of a thesis, are awarded the diploma,
showing the branch of study completed and the academic degree:
- in the study programmes of natural sciences "doktor prírodných vied" (RNDr.)
- in the study programmes of pharmacy "doktor farmácie" (PharmDr.)
- in the study programmes of the humanities and art disciplines "doktor filozofie" (PhDr.)
- in the study programmes of law and security with juridical concentration "doktor práv" (JUDr.)
- in teacher training with study programmes of education and sports "doktor pedagogiky" (PaedDr.)
- in theological study programmes except for Catholic theology "doktor teológie" (ThDr.).
Certification - Ph.D Study
The Ph.D. study is finished by the defence of a dissertation thesis after completing dissertation examination.
The
graduates of the Ph.D. study are issued diplomas showing the name of
the higher education institution, faculty, study field and study
programme; in case the PhD study took place in the external educational
institution, also the name of the latter. The graduates of Ph.D. study
are awarded the academic degree of "doktor" ("philosophiae doctor")
abbr. Ph.D. and in artistic PhD study programmes the academic degree of
"doktor umenia" ("artis doctor") abbr. ArtD. After the initial
comprehensive part of PhD study the PhD graduates in the field of
Catholic Theology are awarded the academic degree of "licenciát
teológie" (abbr. ThLic.). The graduates of PhD study in these areas are
also awarded the academic degree of "doctor teológie" (abbr. ThDr.).
Eurydice - the information network on education in Europe
Date: 2009
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