Third cycle university studies in agricultural/biosystems engineering in Lithuania

Abstract

Lithuania from 2001 has introduced state and University regulations concerning 3rd cycle studies. The Regulations define admission prerequisites, duration of studies, minimum number of courses and their size, requirements for academic supervision, programme of the studies and scientific research, writing of scientific publications, writing, verification and defence of the dissertation. During the five last years ten PhD students have finished studies in the field of Biosystems Engineering. The main numbers of recruited students are graduates from the Lithuanian University of Agriculture or other Lithuanian universities. Lithuanian University has introduced structured 3rd level studies. Due to small number of students one mandatory regular course is used in the programme. There are some research topics developed in Lithuania in the wider field of Biosystems Engineering that might be considered interesting for the rest of Europe.