Forms, documents and information

Regulations for admission to doctoral studies

• 2023 Regulations of Admission to the Third Cycle Studies at Lithuanian Energy Institute

  This document describes the procedure for admission to Joint Doctoral Studies: dates, list of admission documents, selection criteria for entrants, structure and calculation of the competitive score, annual cost of studies, etc.

Information on fields of doctoral studies offered by LEI

Forms

• Request / Application Form

  This form is used for various requests of doctoral students (to grant academic leave, to allow to continue studies after the end of academic leave, to provide support for research visits, etc.). Coordinated with the Scientific Supervisor, Head of the Department, submitted to the Studies Administrator.

• Application for Admission to doctoral studies (F2-PA-04)

  Filed by the Candidate for doctoral studies. Submited to the LEI Studies Administrator.

• Doctoral Study and Research programme (F5-PA-04)

  To be filed by the Doctoral Student together with the Research Supervisor during the first month of doctoral studies. The signed Programme is submitted to the Studies Administrator. Approved by the LEI Doctoral Commission and by the Doctoral Committee of the Research Field.

• Report on Doctoral Study and Research Programme implementation (F7-PA-04)

  To be filed by the doctoral student twice a year, at the end of each semester. On the basis of this report, the doctoral Student’s research activities are evaluated by the doctoral student’s Department, the LEI Doctoral Commission and the Doctoral Committee of the Research Field. The signed report is submitted to the Studies Administrator.

• Updated Doctoral Study and Research Programme (F8-PA-04)

  To be filed by the Doctoral Student and Supervisor at the end of each spring semester, and for the following semester and/or the end of the autumn semester if changes are foreseen. Approved by the LEI Doctoral Commission and approved by the Doctoral Committee of the Research Field. The signed report is submitted to the Studies Administrator.

Legal documents

• Regulation on Research Doctoral Studies of the Institutions of Joint Doctoral Studies

  The Regulation lays down the procedures for admission to joint research doctoral studies, the supervision of doctoral students, the assessment of Doctoral Studies and the doctoral student’s knowledge, abilities and skills, the implementation of the doctoral student’s research, the preparation, examination and defence of a dissertation, the issuing of the doctoral diploma, the postponement of a doctoral student’s attestation and assessment deadlines, the review of an external student’s application for dissertation defence, the examination of appeals and complaints, the funding of Doctoral Studies and document storage.
  (applies to students admitted in 2020 and later)

• State Regulations on Research Doctoral Studies (e-tar) (in Lithuanian language)
  (applies to students admitted in 2023 and later)

• State Regulations on Research Doctoral Studies (e-tar) (in Lithuanian language)
  (applies to students admitted in 2020 and later)

• State Regulations on Research Doctoral Studies (e-tar) (in Lithuanian language)
  (applies to students admitted in 2017-2019 m.)

• Classification of scientific fields (e-tar) (in Lithuanian language)

  The document contains codes and titles of scientific fields.

Relevant information

• 2023-2024 Academic Calendar

• Procedure for the preparation and evaluation of the Research Paper

  This document describes the requirements for a Research Paper submitted to the Doctoral Admission Competition by applicants who do not have previously published Scientific Publications.

Internships, scholarships, studies abroad

Education Exchanges Support Foundation
https://studyin.lt/

Research Council of Lithuania Support for PhD students
https://www.lmt.lt/en/research-funding/career-development-mobility-and-networking-opportunities/849

Erasmus+ mobility – part-time study/interships abroad. Administered by Kaunas University of Technology,
https://en.ktu.edu/erasmus/

Lithuanian national EURAXESS portal for internationally mobile researchers
http://www.euraxess.lt/

Point of contact for information