Number of enrolment places: 12, 10 of which are intended for citizens of the Republic of Slovenia and of EU Member States, and 2 for Slovenians without Slovenian citizenship and foreign citizens. Should vacancies for foreign students remain unfilled, candidates who are citizens of the Republic of Slovenia or EU Member States may be considered for them.

The candidates meeting the following criteria can enrol into the university doctoral study of Kinesiology in accordance with the last paragraph of Article 38a of the Higher Education Act (ZViS-UPB3) and Article 16 of the Act Amending the Higher Education Act (ZViS-E):

• Graduates of the master’s degree study programmes of the Faculty of Sport.
• Graduates of the master’s degree study programmes of other specializations if they pass a special test. The contents and scope of the test are determined by the Committee for the Postgraduate Study of the Faculty of Sport and depend on the type of the candidate’s previous university programme and on the professional field of the doctoral study.
• Graduates of the old master’s study programmes following the university degree in kinesiology. The fulfilled study obligations total 60 CP.
• Graduates of the old bachelor’s study programmes who obtained the title ‘sports education teacher’.

• Graduates of study programmes that educates for professions regulated by EU directives, or another uniform master's study program evaluated with 300 ECTS credits.

• Graduates of other domestic and foreign universities in accordance with conditions described in the previous paragraphs. Comparability of education achieved abroad is checked in the process of recognition of foreign education for the continuation of education in accordance with Article 121 of the Statute of the University of Ljubljana.

Candidates are required to submit their applications on the eVŠ web portal by the published deadline. Candidates should also submit electronically on the eVŠ web portal all below required evidence/annexes by the end of the application deadline.

In order to be able to apply for doctoral study of Kinesiology the candidate needs to upload the following mandatory evidence/annexes to the application:

• Consent of the mentor to take over the mentorship (Please find confirmation of consent of supervisor (in Slovenian language) here: Soglasje mentorja za prevzem mentorstva (consent of supervisor).pdf
• A decision on the recognition of a diploma obtained abroad  or the purpose of continuing studies at the UL Faculty of Sport, if the diploma is obtained abroad,
• A photocopy of the diploma of the completed study programme (university, master's, specialist or second-cycle) or a copy of the provisional graduation certificate if the diploma has not yet been issued
• Evidence of the average grade of the studies and grade of the diploma and/or a photocopy of the diploma supplement (university, master's, specialist, second-cycle)
• Plan/description of scientific research work
• Graduates of foreign universities need to go through a procedure for the recognition of foreign higher education qualifications: Recognition of foreign education for enrolment in master and doctoral studies and for transfer (uni-lj.si)

Tuition fee for PhD study at the Faculty of Sport is as follows:

1st Year: 5.500 €

2nd Year: 3.400 €

3rd Year: 3.000 €

4th Year: 2.400 €

If co-funding is available on a national level, tuition fee co-funding is granted to students that are enrolled in the 1st year of doctoral studies and have an average grade of completed higher education of at least 8.00 out of 10.00 (taking into account the grades of all accredited study obligations at the study programmes completed so far).

Students are informed of the co-funding amount after enrolment in a doctoral study programme by their faculties, most likely in November. The co-funding amount for an individual student depends on the number of enrolled students meeting the requirements for co-funding.