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ISSN 1334-0565

 

YEAR: XLVI.

ZAGREB, 26 FEBRUARY, 2009

NUMBER: 8.1.4.

 

 

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DOCTORS OF SCIENCE, 2008

 

Out of the total of 494 graduated doctors of science in 2008, 81.8% of them obtained their degree at the University of Zagreb, 6.4% at the University of Osijek, 5.5% at the University of Rijeka, 4.5% at the University of Split, 1.4% at the University of Zadar and 0.4% at the University of Pula. The share of female doctors of science was 50.0%.

 

The largest number of doctoral dissertations in 2008 was defended in the fields of biomedicine and health, 25.1%, followed by social sciences, 19.6%, life sciences, 18.4%, engineering, 15.4%, and humanities, 14.6%, while the smallest number was defended in the field of biotechnical sciences, 6.9%.

 

The average age of graduated doctors of science was 40 years, while the modal group (with the highest frequency) consisted of persons aged 30 to 34. On the average, women were somewhat younger (39) than men (41).

 

There were 70.0% of doctors of science that have already obtained a master’s degree. In 70.1% cases, themes of doctoral dissertations covered the same field as master’s theses. Out of the total number of doctors of science that have already obtained a master’s degree, 94.8% obtained it in the Republic of Croatia and 5.2% abroad.

 

The largest number of graduated doctors of science was employed in the following activities: 52.4% in education, 19.6% in health and social welfare and 17.2% in research and development. There were 10.3% doctors of science employed in other activities, while 0.5% of them were unemployed.

 

Costs of the post-graduate university studies leading to a doctoral degree and proceedings of obtaining the doctoral degree was paid by an employer for 38.1%; the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports paid for 33.0% of doctors of science, 27.7% of doctors of science paid on their own and 1.2% belonged to the category Other.

 

 

1.   DOCTORS OF SCIENCE, BY UNIVERSITIES AND FACULTIES WHERE THEY OBTAINED DOCTOR’S DEGREE, SCIENTIFIC FIELD OF       DOCTOR’S DISSERTATION AND SEX, 2008

 

Total

Scientific  field of doctor’s dissertation

All

Women

Life
sciences

Engineering

Biomedicine
 and health

Biotechnical sciences

Social sciences

Humanities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

494

247

91

76

124

34

97

72

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

University of Osijek

32

14

-

4

10

11

7

-

     Faculty of Mechanical      Engineering, Slavonski Brod

1

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

     Faculty of Electrical Engineering,
     Osijek

3

-

-

3

-

-

-

-

     Faculty of Medicine, Osijek

10

5

-

-

10

-

-

-

     Faculty of Food Technology,
     Osijek

3

2

-

-

-

3

-

-

     Faculty of Agriculture, Osijek

8

4

-

-

-

8

-

-

     Faculty of Economics, Osijek

7

3

-

-

-

-

7

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

University of Pula

2

1

-

-

-

-

2

-

     Department of Economics and      Tourism “Dr. Mijo MIrković”, Pula

2

1

-

-

-

-

2

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

University of Rijeka

27

16

-

8

10

-

8

1

     Faculty of Engineering, Rijeka

3

1

-

3

-

-

-

-

     Faculty of Maritime Studies,    Rijeka

5

1

-

5

-

-

-

-

     Faculty of Medicine, Rijeka

10

7

-

-

10

-

-

-

     Faculty of Economics, Rijeka

5

3

-

-

-

-

5

-

     Faculty of Tourism and      Hospitality Management, Opatija    

2

2

-

-

-

-

2

-

     Faculty of Law, Rijeka

1

1

-

-

-

-

1

-

     Faculty of Philosophy, Rijeka

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

University of Split

22

11

-

7

9

-

6

-

     Faculty of Civil Engineering and     Architecture, Split

1

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

     Faculty of Electrical Engineering,
     Mechanical Engineering and
     Naval Architecture, Split

4

-

-

4

-

-

-

-

     Faculty of Chemistry and     Technology, Split

2

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

     Faculty of Medicine, Split

9

6

-

-

9

-

-

-

     Faculty of Economics, Split

3

1

-

-

-

-

3

-

     Faculty of Law, Split

3

3

-

-

-

-

3

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

University of Zadar

7

2

1

-

-

-

2

4

     University Departments of the      University of Zadar

7

2

1

-

-

-

2

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

University of Zagreb

404

203

90

57

95

23

72

67

     Faculty of Science – Department
     of Mathematics, Zagreb

10

6

10

-

-

-

-

-

     Faculty of Sciences,
     Zagreb

81

48

77

-

-

-

4

-

     Faculty of Architecture, Zagreb

3

1

-

3

-

-

-

-

     Faculty of Civil Engineering, Zagreb

3

2

-

3

-

-

-

-

     Faculty of Graphic Art, Zagreb

4

2

-

4

-

-

-

-

     Faculty of Geodesy, Zagreb

1

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

 

1.   DOCTORS OF SCIENCE, BY UNIVERSITIES AND FACULTIES WHERE THEY OBTAINED DOCTOR’S DEGREE, SCIENTIFIC FIELD OF
      DOCTOR’S DISSERTATION AND SEX, 2008

 (continued)

 

Total

Scientific  field of doctor’s dissertation

All

Women

Life
sciences

Engineering

Biomedicine
 and health

Biotechnical sciences

Social sciences

Humanities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Faculty of Mechanical Engineering           and Naval Architecture, Zagreb

11

-

-

11

-

-

-

-

     Faculty of Electrical Engineering
     and Computing, Zagreb

22

-

-

22

-

-

-

-

     Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering, Zagreb

5

1

-

5

-

-

-

-

     Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum
     Engineering, Zagreb

7

2

3

4

-

-

-

-

     Faculty of Chemical Engineering
     and Technology, Zagreb

1

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

     Faculty of Textile Technology, Zagreb

3

3

-

3

-

-

-

-

     Faculty of Medicine, Zagreb

53

24

-

-

53

-

-

-

     Faculty of Dental Medicine, Zagreb

15

7

-

-

15

-

-

-

     Faculty of Pharmacy and
     Biochemistry, Zagreb

4

4

-

-

4

-

-

-

     Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
     Zagreb

23

9

-

-

23

-

-

-

     Faculty of Food Technology and
     Biotechnology, Zagreb

14

10

-

-

-

14

-

-

     Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb

5

1

-

-

-

5

-

-

     Faculty of Forestry, Zagreb

4

-

-

-

-

4

-

-

     Faculty of Economics, Zagreb

10

4

-

-

-

-

10

-

     Faculty of Organization
     and Informatics, Varaždin

3

1

-

-

-

-

3

-

     Faculty of Law, Zagreb

10

5

-

-

-

-

10

-

     Faculty of Political Science, Zagreb

7

2

-

-

-

-

7

-

     Faculty of Philosophy, Zagreb

95

64

-

-

-

-

31

64

     Faculty of Special Education and
     Rehabilitation, Zagreb

6

5

-

-

-

-

6

-

     Faculty of Kinesiology, Zagreb

1

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

     Catholic Theological Faculty, Zagreb

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

     Faculty of Philosophy of the
     Society of Jesus, Zagreb

2

1

-

-

-

-

-

2

 

 

2.   DOCTORS OF SCIENCE, BY SCIENTIFIC FIELD OF DOCTOR’S DISSERTATION AND MASTER’S THESIS, 2008

Scientific field of
master’s thesis

Total

Scientific  field of doctor’s dissertation

Life sciences

Engineering

Biomedicine and health

Biotechnical sciences

Social
 sciences

Humanities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

494

91

76

124

34

97

72

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Life sciences

60

51

2

6

1

-

-

Engineering

60

-

60

-

-

-

-

Biomedicine and health

80

4

-

75

-

1

-

Biotechnical sciences

24

-

-

2

22

-

-

Social sciences

80

-

1

-

-

79

-

Humanities

42

-

-

-

-

1

41

Did not obtain a master’s degree

148

36

13

41

11

16

31

 

3.   DOCTORS OF SCIENCE, BY UNIVERSITIES, OBTAINED MASTER’S DEGREE AND COUNTRY OF OBTAINING MASTER’S DEGREE
      AND BY SEX, 2008

 

Total

Obtained master’s degree

Not obtained master’s degree

 

All

Women

All

Obtained master’s
degree in Republic of Croatia

Obtained master’s degree outside Republic of Croatia

 

All

Bosnia
 and Herzegovina

Italy

Germany

Slovenia

Serbia

Spain

United Kingdom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

494

247

346

328

18

3

3

1

3

5

1

2

148

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

University of Osijek

32

14

22

21

1

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

10

University of Pula

2

1

2

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

University of Rijeka

27

16

27

24

3

1

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

University of Split

22

11

14

14

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

8

University of Zadar

7

2

6

5

1

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

1

University of Zagreb

404

203

275

262

13

2

3

1

1

4

-

2

71

 

4.   DOCTORS OF SCIENCE, BY SCIENTIFIC FIELD OF DOCTOR’S DISSERTATION, AGE AND SEX, 2008

 

Total

Age

All

Female

Up to 29

30 – 34

35 – 39

40 – 44

45 – 49

50 and over

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

494

247

21

155

127

65

61

65

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Life sciences

91

52

4

40

29

10

5

3

      Mathematics

10

6

1

7

-

1

-

1

      Physics

19

9

-

8

10

1

-

-

      Geological science

10

3

-

3

4

1

2

-

      Chemistry

15

8

3

8

4

-

-

-

      Biology

37

26

-

14

11

7

3

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Engineering

76

15

4

22

15

14

8

13

      Architecture and town planning

3

1

-

1

-

-

1

1

      Naval architecture

2

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

      Electrical engineering

22

-

3

9

4

2

1

3

      Geodesy

1

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

      Civil engineering

3

2

-

1

-

2

-

-

      Graphic technology

4

2

-

2

-

1

-

1

      Chemical engineering

2

-

-

1

-

-

1

-

      Computer science

6

-

1

2

1

1

1

-

      Mining, petroleum and
      geological engineering

4

2

-

1

2

1

-

-

      Mechanical engineering

13

1

-

4

2

3

1

3

      Technology of transport and traffic

10

2

-

-

1

3

3

3

      Textile technology

3

3

-

1

2

-

-

-

     Basic technical sciences

3

2

-

-

2

-

-

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biomedicine and health

124

62

4

25

29

19

21

26

      Basic medical sciences

14

11

1

3

7

-

1

2

      Clinical medicine

65

27

1

8

12

11

15

18

      Public health and health
      care

6

4

-

1

-

2

2

1

      Veterinary medicine

23

9

-

5

8

5

3

2

      Dental medicine

12

7

-

7

2

-

-

3

      Pharmacy

4

4

2

1

-

1

-

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biotechnical sciences

34

17

1

12

12

2

5

2

      Agronomy

13

5

-

1

6

-

4

2

      Forestry

2

-

-

-

1

1

-

-

      Wood technology

2

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

      Biotechnology

9

6

-

6

3

-

-

-

      Food technology

8

6

1

3

2

1

1

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Social sciences

97

49

7

35

18

12

12

13

      Economics

29

14

3

13

6

3

2

2

      Law

12

8

-

5

3

1

2

1

      Political science

7

2

-

3

-

1

1

2

      Information and communication
      sciences

15

4

3

3

2

2

1

4

      Sociology

5

2

-

1

1

1

1

1

      Psychology

11

8

1

3

3

1

3

-

      Pedagogy

5

3

-

-

2

1

1

1

      Special education

6

5

-

1

1

2

-

2

      Kinesiology

1

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

      Demography

4

2

-

4

-

-

-

-

      Social work

2

1

-

1

-

-

1

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Humanities

72

52

1

21

24

8

10

8

      Philosophy

11

7

-

3

5

2

-

1

      Theology

2

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

      Linguistics

47

40

1

14

12

5

9

6

      History

4

-

-

-

3

-

-

1

      History of arts

3

2

-

1

-

1

1

-

      Archaeology

4

2

-

2

2

-

-

-

      Ethnology and anthropology

1

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

 

5.   DOCTORS OF SCIENCE, BY ACTIVITY OF EMPLOYMENT, BY WAY OF PAYING FOR POSTGRADUATE DOCTORAL STUDY AND BY         SEX, 2008

 

Total

Way of paying for postgraduate doctoral study

 

All

Women

Employer

Ministry of
Science, Education and Sports

Doctoral
candidate

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Total

494

247

188

163

137

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Employees

487

244

188

163

131

5

Manufacturing

9

2

2

1

6

-

Information and communication

7

3

-

-

6

1

Professional, scientific and technical activities

85

44

37

40

8

-

Public administration and defence; compulsory social security

13

4

7

-

6

-

Education

259

135

104

115

36

4

Health and social welfare

97

52

33

5

59

-

Other activities

17

4

5

2

10

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Unemployed

7

3

-

-

6

1

 

 

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

 

Data sources

 

Data are the result of the annual data processing of statistical sheets for doctors of science (ŠV-70 form), which are filled in by doctors of science at obtaining this degree.

 

Coverage and comparability

 

The statistical survey covers all schools of higher education in the Republic of Croatia that establish and carry out the postgraduate university study for obtaining a doctoral degree or allow for obtaining a doctoral degree according to the Act on Scientific Activity and Higher Education (NN, No.123/03) and the Act on Amendments to the Act on Scientific Activity and Higher Education (NN, No. 105/04).

 

Data are comparable to those from previous years.

 

Definitions and explanations

 

Doctor of science is a person who defended a doctoral dissertation (ISCED level 6).

 

Doctoral dissertations are classified according to the Rule Book of Scientific and Artistic Fields (NN, No. 78/08).

 

Institution of higher education is any institution authorised to organise and implement courses of study as well as scientific research, highly professional or artistic work. Institutions of higher education are divided in the following way: university and adjoining faculties and art academies, polytechnic and school of higher education. Institutions of higher education may be public and private.

 

The postgraduate university study can be enrolled after the completion of a graduate university study.

 

Postgraduate university study lasts as a rule for three years and, upon its completion, the academic degree of Doctor of Science (Dr. Sc.) or Doctor of Arts (Dr. Art.) is awarded.

 

Students enrolled in postgraduate doctoral study before the establishment of undergraduate and postgraduate studies pursuant to provisions of this Act will have the right to complete the study according to the curriculum and conditions required at the enrolment in the first year of study and obtain the appropriate academic degree according to the regulations in force before entry into force of this Act. Students to whom the topic of their doctoral dissertation without the doctoral study has been approved according to the previous regulations will have the right to defend their doctoral dissertation and obtain the scientific doctoral degree according to the regulations in force before entry into force of this Act.

 

Persons who have obtained the master’s degree according to the regulations in force before entry into force of this Act may, in accordance with the regulations of the university, obtain the doctoral degree by defending the doctoral dissertation according to the regulations in force on the date of entry into force of this Act, at the latest within the term of eight years from the date of its entry into force.

 

Students enrolled in postgraduate master’s study according to provisions valid before entry into force of this Act, but have not completed it, may have the right, at their request, to complete the study, providing that they fulfilled certain conditions (passing of exams, fulfilling other obligations), by producing the doctoral dissertation and obtain the degree of the doctor of science, if it is defined in general provisions of the university.

 

 

Exceptionally, persons who have accomplished scientific achievements which by their significance satisfy the requirements for the election to scientific degrees, may be awarded a doctor’s degree, on the basis of the decision of a competent committee, as defined in the Statute of the university, on fulfilling required conditions as well as after the producing and defending in public the doctoral dissertation, with the consent of the Senate of a university.

 

Abbreviations

 

ISCED     International Standard Classification of Education

NN           Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia

 

 

Symbols

 

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