Aims and degrees offered
Students at the Doctoral Programme in Nursing Science are closely involved in departmental research projects. The Programme awards two different degrees: PhD (Health Sciences/Nursing Science) and the Licentiate of Health Sciences/Nursing Science.
Education at the Programmel is governed by the Government Decree on University Degrees (794/2004) according to which:
The aim of postgraduate education is that the student:
- becomes well-versed in his/her own field of research and its social significance and gains knowledge and skills needed to apply scientific research methods independently and critically and to produce new scientific knowledge within his/her field of research;
- becomes conversant with the development, basic problems and research methods of his/her own field of research; and
- gains such knowledge of the general theory of science and of other disciplines relating to his/her own field of research as enables him/her to follow developments in them.
To be awarded a doctorate, the student must:
- complete the required postgraduate studies;
- demonstrate independent and critical thinking in the field of research; and
- write a doctoral dissertation and defend it in public.
Both the Licentiate and the doctoral degree consist of 60 ECTS of theoretical studies including postgraduate studies in nursing science and research seminars (30–38 ECTS), as well as faculty studies related to the research field (22–30 ECTS).