• Conditions for progression through study, enrolment in the next semester, that is, the next year of study
• prerequisites for entering a particular subject or group of subjects

According to the study program and the performance plan, the study is structured in six semesters: the first two semesters students listen to classes in compulsory and elective courses. From the first semester, the student begins scientific research, which continuously continues until the end of the study and the completion of the doctoral thesis. During the fourth and fifth semesters, the student participates in extracurricular activities in addition to scientific work. In the sixth semester, the student is dedicated to completing his doctoral thesis. Classes are conducted in the form of lectures, consultations, experimental exercises and research seminars.
For admission of the third year, the student must earn 90 points. For the transition to the sixth semester, 120 ECTS must be achieved. The part-time form of part-time studies is intended for phD candidates employed outside the system of science and higher education, and the applicants who will study throughout the working hours are full-time students.
When enrolling in a full-time study program, the student is obliged to obtain the academic degree of Doctor of Science within six years, i.e. in part time within eight years.

System of counseling and guidance through the study, the way of selecting students, the obligations of study advisors and doctoral thesis leaders and doctoral candidates

The Doctoral Study of Molecular Biosciences is based on a mentoring system and the Committee for obtaining a Doctorate of Science at the interdisciplinary doctoral study of Molecular Biosciences at the beginning of the study appoints each student a study advisor (mentor) with the aim of better connecting the student with teachers.
A study advisor may be a teacher in the scientific and teaching title of full-time, associate professor or assistant professor, or in an equivalent scientific title. As a rule, the study consultant must be involved in a scientific research project and participate in the teaching of the doctoral study.
The obligation of the study advisor is to monitor and guide students, provide assistance in the selection of elective courses, involvement in scientific research work and proposing and submitting a topic application and drafting a doctoral thesis. In addition to the study advisor, the student can be appointed a doctoral thesis mentor who does not have to participate in the teaching of the doctoral study.

List of courses and/or modules for students to choose from other doctoral university and specialist study programmes

In agreement with the mentor, the student may choose (except those offered) any subject from existing doctoral studies from the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University, other Croatian universities, or other European universities whose programs comply with ects. Also, each doctoral course of molecular biosciences can be enrolled by students of other related doctoral studies of the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, as well as other Croatian and foreign universities.

List of subjects and/or modules that can be performed in a foreign language (specifying a language)

All subjects of the doctoral study of Molecular Biosciences can also be performed in English.

Criteria and conditions of transfer of ECTS-credits – attribution of credit value to subjects that students can choose from other studies at the university-proposer or other universities

The study is in accordance with the ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) European Credit Transfer System, which means that the student can, in agreement with the mentor, choose (except for the offered) any subject from the existing doctoral studies from the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University, other Croatian universities, or other European universities whose programs are in accordance with the ECTS.
Also, all offered doctoral courses in Molecular Biosciences can be enrolled by students of other doctoral studies and specialist doctoral studies of the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University as well as other domestic and foreign universities.

Method of completion of the study and conditions for applying the topic of the doctoral thesis

• Procedure and conditions for accepting the topic of doctoral thesis
• Procedure and conditions of evaluation of the doctoral thesis
• Conditions and manner of defending the doctoral thesis

Procedure and conditions for accepting the topic of doctoral thesis
The doctoral study of Molecular Biosciences ends with the preparation and defense of the doctoral thesis. The application initiating the process of obtaining a Doctorate of Science must include: a proposal for the topic of the doctoral thesis, an explanation of the topic, the methodology of the paper, a list of literature and an indication of the expected scientific contribution. With the application of the topic, the student attaches a cv and a list of published papers. Also, the qualification papers of the mentor should be attached in the application. The application signed by the study advisor (and mentor) is submitted to the Secretariat of the Doctoral Study, and then the same is considered by the Committee for obtaining a Doctorate of Science at the interdisciplinary doctoral study of Molecular Biosciences, and the proposal to initiate the procedure of applying the topic is sent to the Council for Interdisciplinary Doctoral Studies.
The Council for Interdisciplinary Doctoral Studies , at the proposal of the Commission for obtaining a Doctorate of Science at the interdisciplinary doctoral study of Molecular Biosciences , appoints a mentor/mentor of the doctoral thesis and the Committee for acceptance of the topic of the doctoral thesis of at least three members, which within 90 days from the date of appointment submits a report with a proposal for acceptance or rejection of the topic of the doctoral thesis.

Procedure and conditions of evaluation of the doctoral thesis
The student submits to the Secretariat of the Doctoral Study doctoral thesis in electronic form (PDF) and an unrelated copy for evaluation after passing all the prescribed exams, fulfilling all the obligations established by the study program, settling all financial obligations and received the Decision of the Council for Interdisciplinary Doctoral Studies on accepting the topic of the doctoral thesis and appointing a mentor. The doctoral thesis must be linguistically, stylistically and technically correctly designed and aligned with modern procedures and technology of scientific papers. The Council for Interdisciplinary Doctoral Studies is appointed by the Committee for the Evaluation of the Doctoral Thesis at the proposal of the Commission for obtaining a Doctorate of Science at the interdisciplinary doctoral study of Molecular Biosciences. The Committee for the Evaluation of the Doctoral Thesis may propose in its report:

• to accept the doctoral thesis and allow the student access to defend the doctoral thesis,
• to return the doctoral thesis to the student for additions or corrections,
• The doctor's work is rejected.

If the Commission determines that the doctoral thesis has defects that can be eliminated, the student is obliged to make a correction within 90 days from the date of receipt of the Commission's comments, otherwise he will consider that the work has been rejected.
After the report of the Committee for the evaluation of the doctoral thesis and the acceptance of the positive assessment , the Council for Interdisciplinary Doctoral Studies , at the proposal of the Commission for obtaining a doctorate of science at the interdisciplinary doctoral study molecular biosciences , appoints the Committee for the Defense of the doctoral thesis with at least three members and at least one deputy and determines the date of defense of the doctoral thesis.

The defense of the doctoral thesis is public. The student defends the doctoral thesis before the Commission for the Defense of the Doctoral Thesis. A record of the defence shall be kept, signed by all members of the Commission. The minutes shall include the decision of the Commission on the defence of the doctoral thesis. The decision may be: defended by unanimous decision of the Commission, defended by a majority vote and did not defend.
A student who has not defended his doctoral thesis has the right to reapply the doctoral thesis after 90 days, but not with the same topic. A doctoral thesis that has not been defended within 10 years from the date of acceptance of the topic of the doctoral thesis is subject to a re-acceptance procedure.
The procedure for submitting the topic, approval of the topic, evaluation and defense of the doctoral thesis are determined by the Statute of the University and the Regulations on studying the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek.

The conditions under which students who have discontinued their studies or have lost the right to study in one study program can continue their studies

Students who have dropped out of the study for a justified reason are admitted to passing exams with corresponding ETCS credits. The Committee for obtaining a Doctorate of Science at the interdisciplinary doctoral study of Molecular Biosciences will consider the application for the continuation of the study, and in agreement with the mentor make a decision.

Conditions under which the participant acquires the right to a certificate (certificate) on the completed part of the doctoral study program, as part of lifelong learning

The conditions under which the student acquires the right to a certificate of the completed part of the study program of the doctoral study of Molecular Biosciences are passed exams in the first and second semesters, and a scientific paper, which amounts to a total of 90 ECTS, which is a condition for issuing a certificate (certificate) on the completion of part of the study program and a prerequisite for the preparation of a doctoral thesis in the sixth semester.

Conditions and method of obtaining a Doctorate of Science by enrolling in a doctoral study and making a doctoral thesis without attending classes and passing exams.

Persons who have achieved scientific achievements that by their significance correspond to the conditions for selection to scientific titles (research associate, senior research associate, scientific advisor), and on the basis of the Decision of the competent council established by the Statute of the University on the fulfilment of the requirements for selection to these scientific titles may, without attending classes and passing exams, enroll in a doctoral study, draft and publicly defend their doctoral thesis, and with the consent of the Senate of the University to obtain a Doctorate of Science.

Maximum length of the period from the beginning to the end of the study

The doctoral study of Molecular Biosciences lasts for six semesters in accordance with the Instructions for drafting the doctoral study program proposal and the Statute of the Josip Juraj Strosssmayer University of Osijek. Classes are held during the first two semesters, and during the entire duration of the study it is envisaged that students participate in extracurricular activities and devote themselves to the preparation of the doctoral thesis. When enrolling in a full-time study program, the student is obliged to obtain the academic degree of Doctor of Science within five years or in "part-time" within 10 years, in accordance with the Ordinance on Doctoral Studies at the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek.