Postgraduate Degrees

 Department of Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies

The main aims of the Department are:

· organization and coordination of structural divisions activities in the field of training and certification of scientific and scientific-pedagogical personnel within the framework of the USLU unified educational policy implementation;

· organizational, managerial and scientific and methodological support for training highly qualified personnel through postgraduate studies, attaching persons to prepare a dissertation for the candidate of sciences degree without mastering the training programs for scientific and pedagogical personnel in postgraduate studies; attachment for passing candidate exams, doctoral studies.

The main objectives of the Department are:

· preparation of analytical materials on modern requirements in the field of training of scientific and pedagogical personnel for University structural divisions;

· organizational and methodological support for postgraduate admission; attaching persons to prepare a dissertation for the candidate of sciences degree without mastering the training programs for scientific and pedagogical personnel in postgraduate studies; attachment for passing candidate exams, doctoral studies;

· organization, information and methodological support of measures for the development and implementation of basic educational programs for training scientific and pedagogical personnel in postgraduate studies;

· organization and control of educational and research activities on postgraduate training programs for scientific and pedagogical personnel;

· control and methodological support of licensing and accreditation requirements for postgraduate training programs for scientific and pedagogical personnel;

· posting of mandatory information in the field of training of scientific and pedagogical personnel on the University's website.

The process of cooperation between USUE and foreign universities is actively developing. In particular, with the Paris-Est University and University of Picardie Jules Verne (France). This is reflected in the preparation of postgraduates’ PhD theses under the joint French-Russian scientific guidance. Postgraduate students of USLU carry out research work under the supervision of the French University Professor, as well as the USLU Professor, Doctor of Juridical Sciences. After successfully defending a thesis presented in both Russian and French at the USLU Dissertation Council with the invitation of scientists from France, a postgraduate student is awarded the Candidate of Juridical Sciences degree and the Doctor of laws degree in France. The first postgraduate student who defended his thesis for Candidate of Juridical Sciences degree and Doctor of laws of France in 2003 on the topic "Written evidence in the civil procedure of Russia and France" was Igor Gennadievich Renz. He is currently an assistant professor at the Department of Civil Procedure. Currently, five theses under the joint French-Russian scientific guidance have already been defended at the University.

Today, well-known scientists, doctors of law, heads of the University's leading scientific schools are engaged in training highly qualified personnel at USLU.