ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN

of April 3, 2012 No. 127

About approval of the Regulations on doctoral studies in the specialty

According to article 25 of the Law of the Republic of Tajikistan "About the higher and postgraduate professional education" the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan decides:

1. Approve Regulations on doctoral studies in the specialty it (is applied).

2. Recognize equivalent the diploma of scientific degree of the doctor in the specialty and the diploma of scientific candidate's degree.

3. To the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tajikistan and Certifying commission of the Republic of Tajikistan on certification scientific and research and educational personnel of the top skills to develop and provide to the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan the Procedure for creation and statement of dissertation councils on protection of theses on competition of academic degrees of the doctor of philosophy (PhD), the doctor in the specialty and award of the specified academic degrees.

Approved by the Order of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan of April 3, 2012 No. 127

Regulations on doctoral studies in the specialty

1. General provisions

1. The regulations on doctoral studies in the specialty (further - the Provision) are developed on the basis of the Law of the Republic of Tajikistan "About the higher and postgraduate professional education", the orders of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan of April 30, 2011, No. 227 "About approval of the Program of innovative development of the Republic of Tajikistan for 2011-2020", the orders of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan of November 2, 2007, No. 529 "About the State program of development of professional education in the Republic of Tajikistan for 2008-2015" and the orders of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan of March 3, 2011, No. 114 "About the Strategy of the Republic of Tajikistan in the field of science and technologies for 2011-2015".

2. The provision determines structure and contents of educational programs of doctoral studies in the specialty, procedure for acceptance and the rule of training of doctors, requirements to organizations of education or science realizing educational programs of doctoral studies in the specialty (PhD), qualification requirements to level of training of the graduate of doctoral studies in the specialty and requirements to final state assessment.

3. In this Provision the following basic concepts are used:

- the educational program of doctoral studies in continuously updated educational and research complex of programs which determines trajectory of training of the doctoral candidate coming to the end with successful defense of a thesis;

- doctoral studies in the specialty - form of preparation scientific and research and educational personnel of the top skills in institutions of higher professional education and scientific institutions with award of academic degree "the doctor of philosophy (PhD)", the doctor in the specialty for the citizens having the academic degree "master" and formations of step "specialist";

- the doctoral candidate - person studying in doctoral studies in the specialty;

- the doctor of philosophy (PhD), the doctor in the specialty – the academic degree awarded by educational or scientific institution of the Republic of Tajikistan based on the decision of dissertation council made after protection of theses by the doctoral candidate who fulfilled requirements of the educational program of doctoral studies in the specialty and successfully passed final complex exam;

- specialty of training of the doctor in the specialty - complex of knowledge acquired by purposeful development of the educational program of doctoral studies, abilities, skills of specific industry of science necessary for certain type of scientific activities.

- credit system of education - system of quantitative assessment of contents of training programs and results of their development. The credit (or credit hour) - the weekly regulation of time spent for training of subject matter in one semester and in case of successful passing an examination on this discipline the student obtains this credit (or the credits);

- dissertation council - the council on consideration of the scientific works represented for degree of the doctor of philosophy (PhD), the doctor in the specialty, created under the organizations of education or science having sales right of educational programs of doctoral studies in the specialty.

- the credit - the unified unit of measure of amount of study of the doctoral candidate.

4. Training of doctors within educational programs of doctoral studies is performed by the educational and scientific institutions which are giving postgraduate professional education and having the corresponding licenses on educational activities.

2. Procedure for the organization and purpose of doctoral studies in the specialty

5. Doctoral studies in the specialty are created in institutions of higher professional education and the research establishments having at least 5 doctors of science in the directions and specialties of the created doktoratura.

6. Doctoral studies in the specialty are created on representation of educational and scientific institution in coordination with the founder from outside the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tajikistan.

7. The sample of the state diploma of doctoral studies of specialty affirms the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan.

8. The doctoral studies creation purpose in the specialty is:

- The organization of effective system of preparation scientific and research and educational personnel of the top skills to the conforming international standards, on the basis of integration of science and education, and also the timely solution of questions their scientific, methodical, legal, financial and economic, personnel and material logistics;

- realization of educational process according to the principles of the international practice of training of research and educational personnel of the top skills, competitive in the labor market. For this purpose doctoral candidates take course of theoretical training and independently perform the scientific research which is characterized by relevance, novelty and the practical importance. Results of research are drawn up in the form of the doctoral dissertation which protection takes place in accordance with the established procedure.

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